The Faber–Krahn conjecture for the first positive quantum-dot Dirac eigenvalue

Let ΩR2\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a bounded domain with C2\mathcal C^2 boundary. Let DR2D\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a disk with the same area as Ω\Omega. For a>0a>0, let μ1,Ω(a)\mu_{1,\Omega}(a) denote the first min-max level associated with the \overline\partial-Robin Laplacian on Ω\Omega. The Faber–Krahn conjecture. If Ω\Omega is not a disk, then

μ1,D(a)<μ1,Ω(a)\mu_{1,D}(a)<\mu_{1,\Omega}(a)

for all a>0a>0. This conjecture is a reformulation of the open spectral-geometric problem asserting that the disk uniquely minimizes the smallest positive eigenvalue of the planar Dirac operator with infinite mass boundary conditions among domains of prescribed area.

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Primary source

Joaquim Duran, “The -Robin Laplacian”, arXiv:2507.16895 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2003.04061.

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