Characterization of critical points of second Neumann eigenfunctions on triangles
Characterization of critical points of second Neumann eigenfunctions on triangles
Let be a Euclidean triangle, and let a second Neumann eigenfunction of mean a Neumann Laplacian eigenfunction corresponding to the second eigenvalue. A triangle is acute if all its angles are less than , and it is isosceles with apex angle greater than if two of its sides are equal and the angle between them exceeds .
Critical-point conjecture. If is not an equilateral triangle, then a second Neumann eigenfunction of has a critical point if and only if is an acute triangle that is not isosceles with apex angle greater than .
The preceding results establish the claim for several classes of triangles, including acute, obtuse, right, and isosceles triangles, but the full characterization remains open.
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Chris Judge and Sugata Mondal, “Euclidean Triangles Have No Hot Spots”, arXiv:1802.01800 (2021).
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