The disk maximizer conjecture for Neumann eigenvalue sums

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Let Ω\Omega be a bounded convex plane domain of area AA and moment of inertia II, and let μ2,…,μn\mu_2,\ldots,\mu_n be its positive Neumann Laplace eigenvalues. Neumann sum conjecture. For each n≥2n\geq2, the scale-invariant sum

(μ2+⋯+μn)A3I∣Ω\left.\left(\mu_2+\dots+\mu_n\right)\frac{A^3}{I}\right|_{\Omega}

should be maximal when Ω\Omega is a disk. The case n=2n=2 is known from the Szegő–Weinberger inequality, while the asserted result for all sums and convex domains remains open in the paper.

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R. S. Laugesen and B. A. Siudeja, “Sums of Laplace eigenvalues - rotationally symmetric maximizers in the plane”, arXiv:1009.5326 (2010).

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