Monotonicity of the Robin spectral ratio

Let Ω\Omega be a bounded Lipschitz domain, and let λ1(Ω;α)<λ2(Ω;α)\lambda_1(\Omega;\alpha)<\lambda_2(\Omega;\alpha)\leq\cdots be the Robin eigenvalues for parameter αR\alpha\in\mathbb R.

Spectral-ratio monotonicity conjecture. The map

αλ2(Ω;α)λ1(Ω;α)\alpha\mapsto\frac{\lambda_2(\Omega;\alpha)}{\lambda_1(\Omega;\alpha)}

is decreasing for α>0\alpha>0. The conjecture is open even for rectangles; the source notes numerical evidence that it can fail for certain acute isosceles triangles when α<0\alpha<0.

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Primary source

Richard S. Laugesen, “The Robin Laplacian - spectral conjectures, rectangular theorems”, arXiv:1905.07658 (2019).

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