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We give explicit isoperimetric upper bounds for all Steklov eigenvalues of a compact orientable surface with boundary, in terms of the genus, the length of the boundary, and the number of boundary components. Our estimates generalize a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-10 Alexandre Girouard , Iosif Polterovich

We study the geometry of the first two eigenvalues of a magnetic Steklov problem on an annulus $\Sigma$ (a compact Riemannian surface with genus zero and two boundary components), the magnetic potential being the harmonic one-form having…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Luigi Provenzano , Alessandro Savo

We study the optimization of Steklov eigenvalues with respect to a boundary density function $\rho$ on a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$. We investigate the minimization and maximization of $\lambda_k(\rho)$, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Chiu Yen Kao , Seyyed Abbas Mohammadi

We present a unified description of extremal metrics for the Laplace and Steklov eigenvalues on manifolds of arbitrary dimension using the notion of $n$-harmonic maps. Our approach extends the well-known results linking extremal metrics for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Mikhail Karpukhin , Antoine Métras

Let $(\Omega^{n+1}, g)$ be an $(n+1)$-dimensional smooth compact connected Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary $\Sigma$, satisfying that ${\text{Ric}_{\Omega}}\ge 0$ and $\Sigma$ is strictly convex, more precisely, its second…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Yiwei Liu , Yi-Hu Yang

Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. Let b>0 be the number of connected components of its boundary. For manifolds of dimension at least 3, we prove that it is possible to obtain an arbitrarily large (b+1)-th Steklov…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Bruno Colbois , Ahmad El Soufi , Alexandre Girouard

In the present paper, we study the variational properties of Steklov transmission eigenvalues, which can be seen as eigenvalues of the sum of two Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators on two different sides of a given curve contained in a surface.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Mikhail Karpukhin , Alain Didier Noutchegueme

In recent work with Kusner, we developed a method, based on the equivariant optimization of Laplace and Steklov eigenvalues, for producing minimal surfaces of prescribed topology in low-dimensional balls and spheres. We used the method to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Mikhail Karpukhin , Peter McGrath , Daniel Stern

Given a smooth compact hypersurface $M$ with boundary $\Sigma=\partial M$, we prove the existence of a sequence $M_j$ of hypersurfaces with the same boundary as $M$, such that each Steklov eigenvalue $\sigma_k(M_j)$ tends to zero as $j$…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-29 Bruno Colbois , Alexandre Girouard , Antoine Métras

In this paper we obtain several results concerning the optimization of higher Steklov eigenvalues both in two and higher dimensional cases. We first show that the normalized (by boundary length) $k$-th Steklov eigenvalue on the disk is not…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-09 Ailana Fraser , Richard Schoen

In this paper, we study the Gauss map of a free boundary minimal surface. The main theorem asserts that if components of the Gauss map are eigenfunctions of the Jacobi-Steklov operator, then the surface must be rotationally symmetric.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-16 Hung Tran

We consider $\Sigma$ an embedded free boundary minimal annulus in a geodesic ball in the round hemisphere $\mathbb{S}^3_+$ or in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$. Under the hypothesis of invariance due to an antipodal map on the geodesic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-30 César Lima

In this thesis, we present various contributions to the study of free boundary minimal surfaces. After introducing some basic tools and discussing some delicate aspects related to the definition of Morse index when allowing for a contact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Giada Franz

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open planar domain with smooth connected boundary, $\Gamma$, that has been partitioned into two disjoint components, $\Gamma = \Gamma_S \sqcup \Gamma_N$. We consider the Steklov-Neumann eigenproblem on $\Omega$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Chiu-Yen Kao , Braxton Osting , Chee Han Tan , Robert Viator

We study free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball of low cohomogeneity. For each pair of positive integers $(m,n)$ such that $m, n >1$ and $m+n\geq 8$, we construct a free boundary minimal surface $\Sigma_{m, n} \subset B^{m+n}$(1)…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-29 Brian Freidin , Mamikon Gulian , Peter McGrath

Let $\Sigma$ be a compact surface with boundary. For a given conformal class $c$ on $\Sigma$ the functional $\sigma_k^*(\Sigma,c)$ is defined as the supremum of the $k-$th normalized Steklov eigenvalue over all metrics on $c$. We consider…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Vladimir Medvedev

Let N be a complete, homogeneously regular Riemannian manifold of dimension greater than 2 and let M be a compact submanifold of N. Let $\Sigma$ be a compact orientable surface with boundary. We show that for any continuous $f: (\Sigma,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-09-07 Jingyi Chen , Ailana Fraser , Chao Pang

This work deals with theoretical and numerical aspects related to the behavior of the Steklov-Lam\'e eigenvalues on variable domains. After establishing the eigenstructure for the disk, we prove that for a certain class of Lam\'e…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-24 Beniamin Bogosel , Pedro R. S. Antunes

We study the biharmonic Steklov eigenvalue problem on a compact Riemannian manifold $\Omega$ with smooth boundary. We give a computable, sharp lower bound of the first eigenvalue of this problem, which depends only on the dimension, a lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-07-02 Simon Raulot , Alessandro Savo

We adapt the viscosity method introduced by Rivi\`ere to the free boundary case. Namely, given a compact oriented surface $\Sigma$, possibly with boundary, a closed ambient Riemannian manifold $(\mathcal{M}^m,g)$ and a closed embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Alessandro Pigati