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

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Let Ω⊂Rd\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d be a bounded Lipschitz domain, and let σ(Λ)\sigma^{(\Lambda)}, Λ≤0\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 Λ≤0.\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.

References

Primary source

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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