Existence conjecture for ratios of the third Sierpinski gasket monomial boundary values

Let r>0r>0, and let γj(r)\gamma_j(r) denote the boundary-value sequence associated with the third family of monomials for the rr-dependent Laplacian.

The ratio-existence conjecture. For all but at most finitely many values of rr,

limjγj+1(r)γj(r)\lim_{j\to\infty}\frac{\gamma_{j+1}(r)}{\gamma_j(r)}

exists. Moreover, there is a continuous function g:(0,)Rg:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R} with g(r)<0g(r)<0 for every r(0,)r\in(0,\infty) such that, whenever the limit exists,

limjγj+1(r)γj(r)=g(r).\lim_{j\to\infty}\frac{\gamma_{j+1}(r)}{\gamma_j(r)}=g(r).

The conjecture proposes a common continuous limiting ratio for the third boundary-value sequence, possibly related to higher Neumann eigenvalues. The paper provides numerical motivation but no proof, so the claim remains open.

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Primary source

Christian Loring, W. Jacob Ogden, Ely Sandine and Robert S. Strichartz, “Polynomials on the Sierpinski Gasket with Respect to Different Laplacians which are Symmetric and Self-Similar”, arXiv:1901.08713 (2019).

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