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Let \(\Omega_j\), \(j= 1,2,\dots,n- 1\) be the annuli \(\{(r,\theta): a_j\leq r\leq a_{j+ 1}, 0\leq\theta\leq 2\pi\}\), and let \(\lambda_n\), \(n=1,2,\dots\), with \(0<\lambda_1\leq \lambda_2\leq\cdots\) be the eigenvalues of \(-\Delta\) on \(D= \bigcup^{n- 1}_{j=1} \Omega_j\) with the boundary conditions \[ u= 0\quad\text{on }\Gamma_j,\quad j=1,\dots, k,\quad {\partial u\over\partial r}= 0\quad\text{on }\Gamma_j,\quad j= k+1,\dots, m, \] \[ {\partial u\over\partial r}+ r_ju= 0\quad\text{on }\Gamma_j,\quad j=m+1,\dots, n, \] where \(\Gamma_j= \{(r,\theta): r= a_j, 0\leq\theta\leq 2\pi\}\) and \(r_j\) are positive constants. An asymptotic formula is obtained for \(\sum^\infty_{n= 1}\exp(- \lambda_nt)\) as \(t\to 0+\).