Conjecture on minimizers and maximizers of the generalized eigenvalue quotient

For a domain Ω\Omega, let λ1(p;Ω)\lambda_1(p;\Omega) denote its first pp-Laplacian eigenvalue, and define

Rp,q(Ω)=λ1(p;Ω)1pλ1(q;Ω)1q.\mathcal{R}_{p,q}(\Omega)=\frac{\lambda_1(p;\Omega)^{\frac{1}{p}}}{\lambda_1(q;\Omega)^{\frac{1}{q}}}.

Generalized eigenvalue quotient conjecture. If q<pq<p, then functionals of the form Rp,q(Ω)\mathcal{R}_{p,q}(\Omega) admit a minimizer and are bounded above. Any sequence of fixed-volume sets Ωk\Omega_k satisfying

diamΩk\operatorname{diam}\Omega_k\to\infty

is a maximizing sequence; the supremum is not attained and equals

λ1(p;I)1pλ1(q;I)1q,\frac{\lambda_1(p;I)^{\frac{1}{p}}}{\lambda_1(q;I)^{\frac{1}{q}}},

where IRI\subset\mathbb{R} is an interval. This extends the paper's reverse Cheeger-type questions to quotients of first pp- and qq-Laplacian eigenvalues; the stated minimization, boundedness, maximizing-sequence characterization, and nonattainment remain conjectural in the cited passage.

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Primary source

Enea Parini, “Reverse Cheeger inequality for planar convex sets”, arXiv:1501.04520 (2015).

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