Conjecture on boundary signs of Neumann eigenfunctions on Platonic solids
Conjecture on boundary signs of Neumann eigenfunctions on Platonic solids
Let be a Neumann eigenfunction on a Platonic solid. Boundary-sign conjecture. Neumann eigenfunctions that are nonnegative on the boundary of a tetrahedron or octahedron do not exist, whereas Neumann eigenfunctions that are positive on the boundary of a dodecahedron or icosahedron do exist.
The conjecture concerns the existence of boundary-positive or boundary-nonnegative Neumann modes on the remaining Platonic solids. It is based on careful finite-element computations, and the source gives no resolution beyond this numerical evidence.
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Nilima Nigam, Bartłomiej Siudeja and Benjamin Young, “Nearly radial Neumann eigenfunctions on symmetric domains”, arXiv:1508.07019 (2015).
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