Asymptotic cylinder-shape conjecture for magnetic ground-state minimizers

Let B0B\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 BB\to\infty. Numerical minimizers increasingly resemble long cylinders with round caps, but these asymptotics remain unproved and are posed as an open problem.

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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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