Strict separation of Robin and Weyl critical parameters

Let β(γ,d)\beta(\gamma,d) be the critical Robin parameter from Theorem~, and let βW(γ,d1)\beta_W(\gamma,d-1) be the point where the second term in the two-term Weyl formula changes sign. Strict-separation conjecture. For every d1d\geq1 and γ>0\gamma>0,

β(γ,d)>βW(γ,d1).\beta(\gamma,d)>\beta_W(\gamma,d-1).

The authors state that they can prove this inequality for some pairs but believe it always holds; the general claim remains open.

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Matthias Baur and Simon Larson, “Optimizing Riesz means of Robin Laplace operators on cuboids in a semiclassical limit”, arXiv:2604.11076 (2026).

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