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We deal with the following eigenvalue optimization problem: Given a bounded domain $D\subset \R^2$, how to place an obstacle $B$ of fixed shape within $D$ so as to maximize or minimize the fundamental eigenvalue $\lambda_1$ of the Dirichlet…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-12-08 Ahmad El Soufi , Rola Kiwan

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 show that metrics that maximize the k-th Steklov eigenvalue on surfaces with boundary arise from free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball. We prove several properties of the volumes of these minimal submanifolds. For free boundary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-04-04 Ailana Fraser , Richard Schoen

In recent years, eigenvalue optimization problems have received a lot of attention, in particular, due to their connection with the theory of minimal surfaces. In the present paper we prove that on any orientable surface there exists a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Mikhail Karpukhin

In this paper, sharp bounds for the first nonzero eigenvalues of different type have been obtained. Moreover, when those bounds are achieved, related rigidities can be characterized. More precisely, first, by applying the Bishop-type volume…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Yanlin Deng , Feng Du , Jing Mao , Yan Zhao

We prove two upper bounds for the Steklov eigenvalues of a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. The first involves the volume of the manifold and of its boundary, as well as packing and volume growth constants of the boundary and its…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Bruno Colbois , Alexandre Girouard

We investigate the Steklov eigenvalue problem in an exterior Euclidean domain. First, we present several formulations of this problem and establish the equivalences between them. Next, we examine various properties of the exterior Steklov…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Lukas Bundrock , Alexandre Girouard , Denis S. Grebenkov , Michael Levitin , Iosif Polterovich

This paper studies eigenvalues of some Steklov problems. Among other things, we show the following sharp estimtes. Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in an $n(\geq 2)$-dimensional Hadamard manifold an let $0=\lambda_0 < \lambda_1\leq…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-08 Changyu Xia , Qiaoling Wang

We consider Steklov eigenvalues of nearly circular domains in $\R^{2}$ of fixed unitary area. In \cite{viator2018}, the authors treated such domains as perturbations of the disk, and they computed the first-order term of the asymptotic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Lucas Alland , Robert Viator

Recently, D. Bucur and M. Nahon used boundary homogenisation to show the remarkable flexibility of Steklov eigenvalues of planar domains. In the present paper we extend their result to higher dimensions and to arbitrary manifolds with…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-07 Mikhail Karpukhin , Jean Lagacé

In this paper, we analyze an optimization problem for the first (nonlinear) Steklov eigenvalue plus a boundary potential with respect to the potential function which is assumed to be uniformly bounded and with fixed $L^1$-norm.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Julian Fernandez Bonder , Graciela Giubergia , Fernando Mazzone

We consider the energy of the torsion problem with Robin boundary conditions in the case where the solution is not a minimizer. Its dependence on the volume of the domain and the surface area of the boundary is discussed. In contrast to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-07 Catherine Bandle , Alfred Wagner

In this paper, we investigate the monotonicity of the first Steklov--Dirichlet eigenvalue on eccentric annuli with respect to the distance, namely $t$, between the centers of the inner and outer boundaries of an annulus. We first show the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-16 Jiho Hong , Mikyoung Lim , Dong-Hwi Seo

An embedded free boundary minimal surface in the 3-ball has a Steklov eigenvalue of one due to its coordinate functions. Fraser and Li conjectured that whether one is the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue. In this paper, we show that if an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Dong-Hwi Seo

We consider Steklov eigenvalues of nearly hyperspherical domains in $\mathbb{R}^{d + 1}$ with $d\ge 3$. In previous work, treating such domains as perturbations of the ball, we proved that the Steklov eigenvalues are analytic functions of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-22 Chee Han Tan , Robert Viator

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

In this work we prove that given an open bounded set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ with a $C^2$ boundary, there exists $\epsilon := \epsilon(\Omega)$ small enough such that for all $0 < \delta < \epsilon$ the maximum of $\{\lambda_1(\Omega…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Manuel Dias

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

We present some new bounds for the first Robin eigenvalue with a negative boundary parameter. These include the constant volume problem, where the bounds are based on the shrinking coordinate method, and a proof that in the fixed perimeter…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Pedro R. S. Antunes , Pedro Freitas , David Krejcirik

We obtain sharp upper bounds for the first two nonzero Steklov eigenvalues among bounded domains in Euclidean spaces of dimension $d \geq 7$ under a natural normalization involving volume and boundary measure. These bounds are derived from…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Denis Vinokurov