Rectangular minimizers among convex quadrilaterals

Let S\mathbb{S} be the unit-area square, let CϵC_\epsilon denote the collapsing rectangle introduced in the paper, and let σ1\sigma_1 and μ1\mu_1 be the first Steklov and Neumann eigenvalues, respectively. For 0<C4σ1(S)0<C\leq 4\sigma_1(\mathbb{S}), consider

inf{μ1(Ω)ΩΩR2 is a convex quadrilateral and σ1(Cϵ)P(Cϵ)=C}.\inf\{\mu_1(\Omega)|\Omega|\mid \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2\ \text{is a convex quadrilateral and}\ \sigma_1(C_\epsilon)P(C_\epsilon)=C\}.

Rectangular minimizer conjecture. For every 0<C4σ1(S)0<C\leq 4\sigma_1(\mathbb{S}), the solution of this minimization problem is given by a rectangle.

This conjecture predicts the optimizer within the class of convex quadrilaterals, based on the numerical comparison between random convex quadrilaterals and collapsing rectangles. The supplied status evidence marks the candidate as resolved, but gives no resolving reference.

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Antoine Henrot and Marco Michetti, “A comparison between Neumann and Steklov eigenvalues”, arXiv:2107.10075 (2022).

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