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Given the eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions, (with $\beta\in\R\setminus\{0\}$ the Robin parameter), we consider a shape minimization problem for a function of the first eigenvalues if $\beta>0$ and a shape…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Alessandro Carbotti , Simone Cito , Diego Pallara

The spectral theory of the p-Laplacian is well developed for classical Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, but the transitional Robin regime on exterior domains remains largely unexplored. This paper studies a weighted p-Laplacian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Subha Pal , Sarath Sasi

We consider the problem of the recovery of a Robin coefficient on a part $\gamma \subset \partial \Omega$ of the boundary of a bounded domain $\Omega$ from the principal eigenvalue and the boundary values of the normal derivative of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-08 Matteo Santacesaria , Toshiaki Yachimura

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

This paper is devoted to the asymptotic analysis of the eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with a strong magnetic field and Robin boundary condition on a smooth planar domain and with a negative boundary parameter. We study the singular…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Rayan Fahs

Let $\Omega=\Omega_0\setminus \overline{\Theta}\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, where $\Omega_0$ and $\Theta$ are two open, bounded and convex sets such that $\overline{\Theta}\subset \Omega_0$ and let $\beta<0$ be a given parameter. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Simone Cito , Gloria Paoli , Gianpaolo Piscitelli

We consider the Robin Laplacian in the exterior of a bounded simply-connected Lipschitz domain in the hyperbolic plane. We show that the essential spectrum of this operator is $[\frac14,\infty)$ and that, under convexity assumption on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Antonio Celentano , David Krejcirik , Vladimir Lotoreichik

For a bounded domain $\Omega$ with a piecewise smooth boundary in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbf{R}^{n}$, we study eigenvalues of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem of the Laplacian. First we give a general inequality for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-06-09 Qing-Ming Cheng , Xuerong Qi

In this note we consider achieving the largest principle eigenvalue of a Robin Laplacian on a bounded domain $\Omega$ by optimizing the Robin parameter function under an integral constraint. The main novelty of our approach lies in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-22 Pavel Exner , Hynek Kovarik

This paper deals with eigenelements of the Laplacian in bounded domains, under Robin boundary conditions, without any assumption on the sign of the Robin parameter. We quantify the asymptotics of the variation of simple eigenvalues under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Veronica Felli , Prasun Roychowdhury , Giovanni Siclari

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded $C^1$ domain and $p>1$. For $\alpha>0$, define the quantity \[ \Lambda(\alpha)=\inf_{u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega),\, u\not\equiv 0} \Big(\int_\Omega |\nabla u|^p\,\mathrm{d}x - \alpha…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Konstantin Pankrashkin

In this paper, we study the existence and the summability of solutions to a Robin boundary value problem whose prototype is the following: $$ \begin{cases} -\text{div}(b(|u|)\nabla u)=f &\text{in }\Omega,\\[.2cm] \displaystyle\frac{\partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Francesco Della Pietra , Giuseppina di Blasio , Teresa Radice

We give a counterexample to the long standing conjecture that the ball maximises the first eigenvalue of the Robin eigenvalue problem with negative parameter among domains of the same volume. Furthermore, we show that the conjecture holds…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Pedro Freitas , David Krejcirik

We study the location of the spectrum of the Laplacian on compact metric graphs with complex Robin-type vertex conditions, also known as $\delta$ conditions, on some or all of the graph vertices. We classify the eigenvalue asymptotics as…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-06 James B. Kennedy , Robin Lang

In this paper we prove a sharp lower bound for the first nontrivial Neumann eigenvalue $\mu_1(\Omega)$ for the $p$-Laplace operator in a Lipschitz, bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\R^n$. Our estimate does not require any convexity assumption on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-08 B. Brandolini , F. Chiacchio , C. Trombetti

We study the discrete spectrum of the Robin Laplacian $Q^{\Omega}_\alpha$ in $L^2(\Omega)$, \[ u\mapsto -\Delta u, \quad \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial n}=\alpha u \text{ on }\partial\Omega, \] where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{3}$ is a conical…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Vincent Bruneau , Konstantin Pankrashkin , Nicolas Popoff

The aim of this paper is twofold: First, we characterize an essentially optimal class of boundary operators $\Theta$ which give rise to self-adjoint Laplacians $-\Delta_{\Theta, \Omega}$ in $L^2(\Omega; d^n x)$ with (nonlocal and local)…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-02-04 Fritz Gesztesy , Marius Mitrea

The second eigenvalue of the Robin Laplacian is shown to be maximal for the disk among simply-connected planar domains of fixed area when the Robin parameter is scaled by perimeter in the form $\alpha/L(\Omega)$, and $\alpha$ lies between…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Pedro Freitas , Richard S. Laugesen

On a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with boundary, we give an estimate for the eigenvalues $(\lambda\_k(\tau,\alpha))\_k$ of the magnetic Laplacian with the Robin boundary conditions. Here, $\tau$ is a positive number that defines the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Georges Habib , Ayman Kachmar

The first two eigenvalues of the Robin Laplacian are investigated along with their gap and ratio. Conjectures by various authors for arbitrary domains are supported here by new results for rectangular boxes. Results for rectangular domains…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Richard S. Laugesen