The eigenvalue-branch bound for the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map

Let ΩRd\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d be a bounded Lipschitz domain, and let σ(Λ)\sigma^{(\Lambda)}, Λ0\Lambda\le 0, be a fixed analytic eigenvalue branch of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator DΛ{\mathcal D}_\Lambda. Eigenvalue-branch bound. One should have

σ(Λ)σ(0)Λfor all Λ0.\sigma^{(\Lambda)}-\sigma^{(0)}\le \sqrt{-\Lambda}\qquad\text{for all }\Lambda\le 0.

This is proposed as a generalisation of the established bound for the first eigenvalue, but the source gives no resolution of the conjecture.

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Denis S. Grebenkov, Michael Levitin and Iosif Polterovich, “Spectral properties of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for the Helmholtz equation”, arXiv:2604.11526 (2026).

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