General magnetic eigenvalue disk-minimizer conjecture

Let n2n\geq2, let BB be a constant magnetic field, and let λn(Ω,B)\lambda_n(\Omega,B) denote the nnth eigenvalue of the magnetic Dirichlet Laplacian on a bounded open domain ΩR2\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2 with Ω=1|\Omega|=1. Let DD be a disk with D=1|D|=1. Magnetic disk-minimizer conjecture. If B2πnB\geq2\pi n, then

λn(Ω,B)λn(D,B)\lambda_n(\Omega,B)\geq\lambda_n(D,B)

for every such Ω\Omega. Numerical results for n=2,3,4,5,6,7n=2,3,4,5,6,7 motivate the conjecture, but the general assertion remains open.

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Matthias Baur, “Numerical Optimization of Eigenvalues of the magnetic Dirichlet Laplacian with constant magnetic field”, arXiv:2412.06533 (2025).

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