Asymptotic cylinder-shape conjecture for magnetic ground-state minimizers

Let B≥0B\geq 0 be the strength of a constant magnetic field. Let Ω∗(B)\Omega^*(B) be a minimizing domain, and let h(Ω∗(B))h(\Omega^*(B)) and R(Ω∗(B))R(\Omega^*(B)) denote its height and radius. Let h∗(B)h^*(B) and R∗(B)R^*(B) be the height and radius of the optimal comparison cylinder. Asymptotic cylinder-shape conjecture.

h(Ω∗(B))=h∗(B)(1+o(1))h(\Omega^*(B))=h^*(B)(1+o(1))

and

R(Ω∗(B))=R∗(B)(1+o(1))R(\Omega^*(B))=R^*(B)(1+o(1))

as B→∞B\to\infty. Numerical minimizers increasingly resemble long cylinders with round caps, but these asymptotics remain unproved and are posed as an open problem.

References

Primary source

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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