Disk minimization conjecture for convex-domain Neumann eigenvalue sums

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Let Ω\Omega be a convex domain of given diameter DD, and let 0=μ1(Ω)<μ2(Ω)≤μ3(Ω)≤⋯0=\mu_1(\Omega)<\mu_2(\Omega)\leq\mu_3(\Omega)\leq\cdots be the Neumann Laplacian eigenvalues. Disk minimization conjecture. For each integer n≥3n\geq 3, the scale-invariant sum

(μ2(Ω)+⋯+μn(Ω))D2\bigl(\mu_2(\Omega)+\dots+\mu_n(\Omega)\bigr)D^2

is minimized when Ω\Omega is a disk. This is suggested by the proved result for triangular domains and the proposition for ellipses, but the assertion for general convex domains remains open.

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R. S. Laugesen, Z. C. Pan and S. S. Son, “Neumann eigenvalue sums on triangles are (mostly) minimal for equilaterals”, arXiv:1102.0071 (2011).

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