Wang–Xia's conjecture on the first Steklov eigenvalue

Let (Mn,g)(M^n,g), with ngeq2ngeq 2, be a connected compact smooth Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that Ricg0\operatorname{Ric}_g\geq 0 and that the principal curvatures of the boundary M\partial M are bounded below by a constant c>0c>0. Denote by λ1=λ1(M)\lambda_1=\lambda_1(\partial M) the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of M\partial M. Let ξ1\xi_1 be the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue.

Wang–Xia's conjecture. The eigenvalue ξ1\xi_1 satisfies

ξ1n+2n1cλ1,\xi_1\geq \frac{n+2}{n-1}c\lambda_1,

with equality only for the Euclidean ball of radius 1/c1/c.

This conjecture was stated by Qiaoling Wang and Changyu Xia and is verified in the paper for warped product manifolds when n=3n=3 and m=1m=1. Its status in the generality stated above is not resolved by the supplied source.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

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).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.