A disc maximizes Laplace eigenvalues among isoperimetric surfaces of revolution

2014/10/07 by Sinan Ariturk, Ariturk, Sinan
Mathematics · #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Point processes and geometric inequalities #Numerical methods in inverse problems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1410.1847

Abstract

The Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator are larger on a flat disc than on any other surface of revoltuion immersed in Euclidean space with the same boundary.

Citations

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