Wang–Xia's conjecture on the first Steklov eigenvalue
Let , with , be a connected compact smooth Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that and that the principal curvatures of the boundary are bounded below by a constant . Denote by the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of . Let be the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue.
Wang–Xia's conjecture. The eigenvalue satisfies
with equality only for the Euclidean ball of radius .
This conjecture was stated by Qiaoling Wang and Changyu Xia and is verified in the paper for warped product manifolds when and . Its status in the generality stated above is not resolved by the supplied source.
References
Primary source
Zongyi Lv, Changwei Xiong and Yuxun Zou, “Scaling inequalities for Steklov eigenvalues in space forms and sharp eigenvalue estimates on warped product manifolds”, arXiv:2512.22885 (2025).
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