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We prove that the second nontrivial Neumann eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^n \subseteq \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ is maximized by the union of two disjoint, equal, geodesic balls among all subsets of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-25 Dorin Bucur , Eloi Martinet , Mickaël Nahon

Let $u$ be an eigenfunction of the Laplacian on a compact manifold with boundary, with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions, and let $-\lambda^2$ be the corresponding eigenvalue. We consider the problem of estimating the maximum of $u$…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 D. Grieser

Denote with $\mu_{1}(\Omega;e^{h\left(|x|\right)})$ the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the Neumann problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{lll} -\text{div}\left(e^{h\left(|x|\right)}\nabla u\right) =\mu e^{h\left(|x|\right)}u &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-02 F. Brock , F. Chiacchio , G. di Blasio

We consider the optimization problem of maximizing the $k$-th Laplacian eigenvalue, $\lambda_{k}$, over flat $d$-dimensional tori of fixed volume. For $k=1$, this problem is equivalent to the densest lattice sphere packing problem. For…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Chiu-Yen Kao , Braxton Osting , Jackson C. Turner

We study the problem of maximizing the $k$-th eigenvalue functional over the class of absolutely continuous measures on a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $m\geq 3$. For dimensions $3 \leq m \leq 6$, we generalize the work of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Denis Vinokurov

The second eigenvalue of the Robin Laplacian is shown to be maximal for the ball among domains of fixed volume, for negative values of the Robin parameter $\alpha$ in the regime connecting the first nontrivial Neumann and Steklov…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Pedro Freitas , Richard Laugesen

Given a bounded Euclidean domain $\Omega$, we consider the sequence of optimisers of the $k^{\rm th}$ Laplacian eigenvalue within the family consisting of all possible disjoint unions of scaled copies of $\Omega$ with fixed total volume. We…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-23 Pedro Freitas , Jean Lagacé , Jordan Payette

The paper is concerned with the maximization of Laplace eigenvalues on surfaces of given volume with a Riemannian metric in a fixed conformal class. A significant progress on this problem has been recently achieved by Nadirashvili-Sire and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Mikhail Karpukhin , Nikolai Nadirashvili , Alexei V. Penskoi , Iosif Polterovich

We prove that in dimension $n \geq 2$, within the collection of unit measure cuboids in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (i.e. domains of the form $\prod_{i=1}^{n}(0, a_n)$), any sequence of minimising domains $R_k^\mathcal{D}$ for the Dirichlet eigenvalues…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-11 Katie Gittins , Simon Larson

Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded, connected domain with smooth boundary and let $-\Delta u = \mu_1 u$ be the first nontrivial eigenfunction of the Laplace operator with Neumann boundary conditions. We prove $$ \max_{x \in D} ~u(x)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-11 Stefan Steinerberger

This paper deals with the numerical optimization of the first three eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of domain in the Euclidean sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Neumann boundary conditions. We address two approaches : the first one…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-23 Eloi Martinet

Given a conformal action of a discrete group on a Riemann surface, we study the maximization of Laplace and Steklov eigenvalues within a conformal class, considering metrics invariant under the group action. We establish natural conditions…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Denis Vinokurov

For a given bounded domain $\Omega\subset {\Bbb R}^n$ with $C^1$-smooth boundary, we prove the P\'olya conjecture for the Neumann eigenvalues. In other words, we prove that \begin{eqnarray*} \mu_{k+1}\le \frac{(2\pi)^2k^{2/n}}{(\omega_n…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Genqian Liu

We address extremum problems for spectral quantities associated with operators of the form $\Delta^2-\tau\Delta$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, for non-negative values of $\tau$. The focus is on two shape optimisation problems:…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Pedro Freitas , Roméo Leylekian

In this paper we study the maximization of the sum of the first two Dirichlet eigenvalues for Sturm-Liouville operators with potentials in the noncompact space $L^1$. We prove that there exists a unique potential function achieving the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Gang Meng , Yuzhou Tian , Bing Xie , Meirong Zhang

We study the minimization of the positive principal eigenvalue associated to a weighted Neumann problem settled in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$, within a suitable class of sign-changing weights. Denoting with $u$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Dario Mazzoleni , Benedetta Pellacci , Gianmaria Verzini

We consider the well-known following shape optimization problem: $$\lambda_1(\Omega^*)=\min_{\stackrel{|\Omega|=a} {\Omega\subset{D}}} \lambda_1(\Omega), $$ where $\lambda_1$ denotes the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Tanguy Briançon , Jimmy Lamboley

We associate a sequence of variational eigenvalues to any Radon measure on a compact Riemannian manifold. For particular choices of measures, we recover the Laplace, Steklov and other classical eigenvalue problems. In the first part of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Alexandre Girouard , Mikhail Karpukhin , Jean Lagacé

This paper examines the Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions, the Neumann and Steklov boundary conditions. This models a container with holes in it, like a pond filled with water but partly covered by immovable pieces on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Habib Ammari , Kthim Imeri , Nilima Nigam

Let $M$ denote a compact, connected Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\in{\mathbb N}$. We assume that $ M$ has a smooth and connected boundary. Denote by $g$ and ${\rm d}v_g$ respectively, the Riemannian metric on $M$ and the associated…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-28 Aïssatou Mossèle Ndiaye