Rayleigh–Bossel conjecture for the first Robin eigenvalue

Let Ω\Omega be a convex bounded planar domain, with area A(Ω)A(\Omega), perimeter L(Ω)L(\Omega), and first Robin eigenvalue λ1(Ω;α)\lambda_1(\Omega;\alpha).

Rayleigh–Bossel conjecture. For each αR\alpha\in\mathbb R, the scale-invariant quantity

λ1(Ω;α/L(Ω))A(Ω)\lambda_1\bigl(\Omega;\alpha/L(\Omega)\bigr)A(\Omega)

is minimized when Ω\Omega is a disk. The conjecture strengthens the known Robin Faber–Krahn result by imposing convexity and scaling the Robin parameter by perimeter. The source proves the corresponding rectangle result but does not establish the assertion for arbitrary convex planar domains.

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Primary source

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

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