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We give a lower estimate of the gap of the first two eigenvalues of the Schrodinger operator in the case when the potential is strongly convex. In particular, if the Hessian of the potential is bounded from below by a positive constant, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-02-16 Shing-Tung Yau

We prove the Fundamental Gap Conjecture, which states that the difference between the first two Dirichlet eigenvalues (the spectral gap) of a Schr\"odinger operator with convex potential and Dirichlet boundary data on a convex domain is…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2011-01-12 Ben Andrews , Julie Clutterbuck

We consider the Schr\"odinger operator $$-\frac{d^2}{d x^2} + V \qquad \mbox{on an interval}~~[a,b]~\mbox{with Dirichlet boundary conditions},$$ where $V$ is bounded from below and prove a lower bound on the first eigenvalue $\lambda_1$ in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-02-06 Bogdan Georgiev , Mayukh Mukherjee , Stefan Steinerberger

Let $\lambda_i(\Omega,V)$ be the $i$th eigenvalue of the Schr\"odinger operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \R^n$ and with the positive potential $V$. Following the spirit of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Rafael D. Benguria , Helmut Linde

The fundamental gap is the difference between the first two Dirichlet eigenvalues of a Schr\"odinger operator (and the Laplacian, in particular). For horoconvex domains in hyperbolic space, Nguyen, Stancu and Wei conjectured that it is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-25 Gabriel Khan , Malik Tuerkoen

We study the first Dirichlet eigenfunction of a class of Schr\"odinger operators with a convex potential V on a domain $\Omega$. We find two length scales $L_1$ and $L_2$, and an orientation of the domain $\Omega$, which determine the shape…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-27 Thomas Beck

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, smooth domain of $\mathbb R^N$, $N\ge 2$. In this paper, we prove some inequalities involving the first Robin eigenvalue of the $p$-laplacian operator. In particular, we prove an upper bound for the first Robin…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Rosa Barbato , Francesco Della Pietra

Motivated by an example of Shih, we compute the fundamental gap of a family of convex domains in the hyperbolic plane $\mathbb H^2$, showing that for some of them $\lambda_2 - \lambda_1 < \frac{3\pi^2}{D^2}$, where $D$ is the diameter of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Theodora Bourni , Julie Clutterbuck , Xuan Hien Nguyen , Alina Stancu , Guofang Wei , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

Consider a closed curve of length $2\pi$ with curvature $\kappa(s)$ and the Schr\"odinger operator $H$ with $\kappa^2$ as the potential term. Let $\lambda_\Gamma$ be the lowest eigenvalue of $H$. The Ovals Conjecture proposed by Benguria…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Helmut Linde

A lower bound estimate \lambda_2 - \lambda_1 \ge c \lambda_1^{-d / \alpha} (\diam D)^{-d - \alpha} for the spectral gap of the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian on arbitrary bounded domain D is proved. This follows from a variational formula…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-04-27 M. Kwasnicki

We prove a sharp lower bound for the fundamental gap on convex domains in Gaussian spaces, the difference between the first two eigenvalues of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Our main result establishes…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Jin Sun , Kui Wang

This paper deals with the Neumann eigenvalue problem for the Hermite operator defined in a convex, possibly unbounded, planar domain $\Omega$, having one axis of symmetry passing through the origin. We prove a sharp lower bound for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-28 B. Brandolini , F. Chiacchio , C. Trombetti

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonempty boundary and $n\geq 2$. Assume that ${\mathrm{Ric}(M)\ge (n-1)K}$ for some ${K>0}$ and that $\partial M$ has nonnegative mean curvature with respect to the outward…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Thomas Schürmann

In this paper, we establish a sharp lower bound for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian on bounded domains of a complete, non-compact Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Xiaoshang Jin , Zhiwei Lü

We study the efficiency of the first Dirichlet eigenfunction $u$ on bounded convex domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, defined as the ratio between the mean value of $u$ on $\Omega$ and its maximum value. By exploiting improved…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Francesco Della Pietra

In [SWW16, HW17] it is shown that the difference of the first two eigenvalues of the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition on convex domain with diameter $D$ of sphere $\mathbb S^n$ is $\geq 3 \frac{\pi^2}{D^2}$ when $n \geq 3$. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-06 Xianzhe Dai , Shoo Seto , Guofang Wei

For Schr\"odinger operators on an interval with either convex or symmetric single-well potentials, and Robin or Neumann boundary conditions, the gap between the two lowest eigenvalues is minimised when the potential is constant. We also…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Ben Andrews , Julie Clutterbuck , Daniel Hauer

Given a Schr\"odinger operator with a real-valued potential on a bounded, convex domain or a bounded interval we prove inequalities between the eigenvalues corresponding to Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions, respectively. The…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Jonathan Rohleder

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Schr\"odinger operator on bounded, convex domains with mixed boundary conditions, where a Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed on a part of the boundary and a Neumann boundary condition on its…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Nausica Aldeghi

We consider a second order self-adjoint operator in a domain which can be bounded or unbounded. The boundary is partitioned into two parts with Dirichlet boundary condition on one of them, and Neumann condition on the other. We assume that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Denis Borisov , Ivan Veselic'
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