Pólya functional bounds for bounded convex planar domains

Let DR2D\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a bounded convex planar domain. Let T(D)T(D) denote its torsional rigidity, let λ1(D)\lambda_1(D) be the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of ΔD-\Delta_D, and define the Pólya functional by

F(D)=λ1(D)T(D)D.F(D)=\frac{\lambda_1(D)T(D)}{|D|}.

Pólya functional bounds conjecture. For every bounded convex planar domain DD,

π224<F(D)<π212,\frac{\pi^2}{24}<F(D)<\frac{\pi^2}{12},

and both bounds are sharp. The lower bound is approached by a collapsing sequence of isosceles triangles converging to an interval, while the upper bound is approached by elongating rectangles converging to the infinite strip. This conjecture remains open even for triangles.

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Primary source

Rodrigo Bañuelos and Phanuel Mariano, “On a conjecture of a Pólya functional for triangles and rectangles”, arXiv:2406.01778 (2024).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1203.2344, arXiv:1108.1524.

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