Disk minimality conjecture for sums of Dirichlet eigenvalues

Let Ω\Omega be a bounded plane domain of diameter DD, and let 0<λ1λ20<\lambda_1\leq\lambda_2\leq\cdots be the Dirichlet eigenvalues of its Laplacian. Disk eigenvalue-sum conjecture. For every n1n\geq1, the quantity (λ1++λn)D2(\lambda_1+\cdots+\lambda_n)D^2 is minimal when Ω\Omega is a disk. The case n=1n=1 follows from the Faber--Krahn and isodiametric theorems, while the general assertion remains open.

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Richard Laugesen and Bartlomiej Siudeja, “Dirichlet eigenvalue sums on triangles are minimal for equilaterals”, arXiv:1008.1316 (2010).

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