Two-term, asymptotically sharp estimates for eigenvalue means of the Laplacian (Q1624169)

Summary: We present asymptotically sharp inequalities for the eigenvalues \(\mu_k\) of the Laplacian on a domain with Neumann boundary conditions, using the averaged variational principle introduced in our work [Linear Algebra Appl. 455, 168--186 (2014; Zbl 1305.05127)]. For the Riesz mean \(R_1(z)\) of the eigenvalues we improve the known sharp semiclassical bound in terms of the volume of the domain with a second term with the best possible expected power of \(z\). In addition, we obtain two-sided bounds for individual \(\mu_k\), which are semiclassically sharp, and we obtain a Neumann version of Laptev's result that the Pólya conjecture is valid for domains that are Cartesian products of a generic domain with one for which Pólya's conjecture holds. In a final section, we remark upon the Dirichlet case with the same methods.