The centered single-well and convex potential spectral-gap lower-bound conjecture

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Let VV be a single-well potential with centered transition point τ=0\tau=0 or a convex potential, and let Λ(V,α)\Lambda(V,\alpha) denote the fundamental spectral gap of the one-dimensional Robin Schrödinger operator with potential VV and Robin parameter α\alpha. Spectral-gap lower-bound conjecture.

Λ(V,α)Λ(0,α),for each α(,],\Lambda(V,\alpha)\geq\Lambda(0,\alpha),\qquad \text{for each }\alpha\in(-\infty,\infty],

with equality if and only if VV is constant. This would extend the available lower bounds to all Robin parameters in the stated class; the source presents it as an expected conjecture, and no resolution is supplied.

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Mark S. Ashbaugh and Derek Kielty, “Spectral gaps of 1-D Robin Schrödinger operators with single-well potentials”, arXiv:2006.00308 (2020).

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