Concavity conjecture for the second Robin eigenvalue

Let Ω\Omega be a convex bounded domain, and let λ2(Ω;α)\lambda_2(\Omega;\alpha) denote its second Robin eigenvalue for parameter αR\alpha\in\mathbb R.

Second-eigenvalue concavity conjecture. The function λ2(Ω;α)\lambda_2(\Omega;\alpha) is concave in α>0\alpha>0. Concavity is known for domains with a suitable symmetry, including balls and rectangular boxes; the source also proves strict concavity for the first two eigenvalues of rectangular boxes for every real α\alpha. Nonconcavity may occur for negative α\alpha on general convex domains, so the positive-parameter assertion remains open.

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

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