Interlacing conjecture for Neumann and Dirichlet eigenvalues of self-similar measures

Let μ\mu be a self-similar measure with contraction parameters r1,r2r_1,r_2 and weights m1,m2m_1,m_2 satisfying

r1m1=r2m2.r_1m_1=r_2m_2.

Write λN,k\lambda_{N,k} and λD,k\lambda_{D,k} for the Neumann and Dirichlet eigenvalues, respectively. Interlacing conjecture. The eigenvalues satisfy

λN,0<λN,1<λD,1<λD,2<λN,2<λN,3<λD,3<λD,4<....\lambda_{N,0}<\lambda_{N,1}<\lambda_{D,1}<\lambda_{D,2}<\lambda_{N,2}<\lambda_{N,3}<\lambda_{D,3}<\lambda_{D,4}<.\,.\,.\,.

This conjecture is motivated by the examination of several examples and proposes a specific ordering of the Neumann and Dirichlet spectra for self-similar measures under the balance condition r1m1=r2m2r_1m_1=r_2m_2; its resolution is not established in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Peter Arzt, “Measure Theoretic Trigonometric Functions”, arXiv:1405.4693 (2014).

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