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In the first part, we derive monotonicity of the normalized spectra for the second-order Steklov problem and two fourth-order Steklov problems on the $2$-dimensional geodesic disks with respect to the geodesic radius in the sphere and the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Zongyi Lv , Changwei Xiong , Yuxun Zou

In a separable Hilbert space, we study the minimization problem of a convex smooth function with Lipschitz continuous gradient whose evaluations are corrupted by random noise. To this end, we associate a stochastic inertial system that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Chiara Schindler

This paper addresses the geometric optimization problem of the first Robin eigenvalue in exterior domains, specifically the lowest point of the spectrum of the Laplace operator under Robin boundary conditions in the complement of a bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-18 Lukas Bundrock

We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf , Tim Laux

Under the lack of variational structure and nondegeneracy, we investigate three notions of \textit{generalized principal eigenvalue} for a general infinity Laplacian operator with gradient and homogeneous term. A Harnack inequality and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-07 Anup Biswas , Hoang-Hung Vo

We explore the Steklov eigenvalue problem on convex polygons, focusing mainly on the inverse Steklov problem. Our primary finding reveals that, for almost all convex polygonal domains, there exist at most finitely many non-congruent domains…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-06 Emily B. Dryden , Carolyn Gordon , Javier Moreno , Julie Rowlett , Carlos Villegas-Blas

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

In this short note, we prove that conformal classes which are small perturbations of a product conformal class on a product with a standard sphere admit a metric extremal for some Laplace eigenvalue. As part of the arguments we obtain…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Henrik Matthiesen

We are interested in the optimization of convex domains under a PDE constraint. Due to the difficulties of approximating convex domains in $\mathbb{R}^3$, the restriction to rotationally symmetric domains is used to reduce shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Hedwig Keller , Sören Bartels , Gerd Wachsmuth

We consider an optimization problem for the eigenvalues of a multi-material elastic structure that was previously introduced by Garcke et al. [Adv. Nonlinear Anal. 11 (2022), no. 1, 159--197]. There, the elastic structure is represented by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf

We propose a group sparse optimization model for inpainting of a square-integrable isotropic random field on the unit sphere, where the field is represented by spherical harmonics with random complex coefficients. In the proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Chao Li , Xiaojun Chen

New isoperimetric inequalities for lower order eigenvalues of the Laplacian on closed hypersurfaces, of the biharmonic Steklov problems and of the Wentzell-Laplace on bounded domains in a Euclidean space are proven. Some open questions for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Fuquan Fang , Changyu Xia

We obtain upper and lower bounds for Steklov eigenvalues of submanifolds with prescribed boundary in Euclidean space. A very general upper bound is proved, which depends only on the geometry of the fixed boundary and on the measure of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Bruno Colbois , Alexandre Girouard , Katie Gittins

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

A computer-assisted proof is proposed for the Laplacian eigenvalue minimization problems over triangular domains under diameter constraints. The proof utilizes recently developed guaranteed computation methods for both eigenvalues and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Ryoki Endo , Xuefeng Liu

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 obtain results for the spectral optimisation of Neumann eigenvalues on rectangles in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a measure or perimeter constraint. We show that the rectangle with measure $1$ which maximises the $k$'th Neumann eigenvalue…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Michiel van den Berg , Dorin Bucur , Katie Gittins

We review our recent results on the problem of optimizing Riesz means of Laplace eigenvalues among convex sets of given measure in the regime where the cut-off parameter in the definition of the Riesz means tends to infinity. We show that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Rupert L. Frank , Simon Larson

The Steklov eigenvalue problem was introduced over a century ago, and its discrete form attracted interest recently. Let $D$ and $\delta \Omega$ be the maximum vertex degree and the set of vertices of degree one in a graph $\mathcal{G}$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Huiqiu Lin , Da Zhao

A theorem of J. Hersch (1970) states that for any smooth metric on $S^2$, with total area equal to $4\pi$, the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplace operator acting on functions is less than or equal to 2 (this being the value for the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Miguel Abreu , Pedro Freitas