Axisymmetry conjecture for magnetic ground-state minimizers

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Let B≥0B\geq 0 be the strength of a constant magnetic field, and let Ω∗(B)\Omega^*(B) be a domain minimizing the first eigenvalue among the admissible domains of fixed volume. The magnetic field points along the zz-axis. Axisymmetry conjecture. For any B≥0B\geq 0, the minimizer Ω∗(B)\Omega^*(B) is axisymmetric with respect to the zz-axis. This is suggested by numerical optimization, including computations without an imposed symmetry assumption; whether all minimizers have this symmetry remains open.

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Matthias Baur, “Optimizing the ground state energy of the three-dimensional magnetic Dirichlet Laplacian with constant magnetic field”, arXiv:2504.21597 (2025).

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