Polygonal Ashbaugh–Benguria–Payne–Pólya–Weinberger conjecture for regular polygons

Let PkR2P_k\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be an open kk-gon, and let PkRdP_k^*\subset\mathbb{R}^d be an open regular kk-gon. For k3k\geq 3, define the fundamental ratio by ξ(D)=λ2(D)/λ1(D)\xi(D)=\lambda_2(D)/\lambda_1(D), where λ1(D)λ2(D)\lambda_1(D)\leq\lambda_2(D)\leq\cdots are the Dirichlet–Laplacian eigenvalues of DD. Polygonal Ashbaugh–Benguria–Payne–Pólya–Weinberger conjecture.

ξ(Pk)ξ(Pk).\xi(P_k)\leq\xi(P_k^*).

This conjecture asserts that the regular kk-gon optimizes the fundamental ratio among kk-gons; the general case remains open.

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Ryan Arbon, “Global and Local Bounds on the Fundamental Ratio of Triangles and Quadrilaterals”, arXiv:2207.05814 (2022).

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