Shape optimization for the Steklov problem in higher dimensions

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Abstract: We show that the ball does not maximize the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue among all contractible domains of fixed boundary volume in mathbbRn when ngeq3. This is in contrast to the situation when n=2, where a result of Weinstock from 1954 shows that the disk uniquely maximizes the first Steklov eigenvalue among all simply connected domains in the plane having the same boundary length. When ngeq3, we show that increasing the number of boundary components does not increase the normalized (by boundary volume) first Steklov eigenvalue. This is in contrast to recent results which have been obtained for surfaces.


The authors give an example of a contractible domain \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}\), \(n\geq3\), with the same boundary volume but larger first Steklov eigenvalue \(\sigma_{1}\left(\Omega\right)\) than that of the unit ball \(\mathbb{B}_{1}\); the ball is known to maximize \(\sigma_{1}\) among convex domains of fixed boundary volume. The example is an annulus \(\mathbb{B}_{1}\setminus\mathbb{B}_{\epsilon}\) modified by a small tube joining its boundary components. The problem of finding an optimal domain for \(\sigma_{1}\) is not answered although it is shown that there must be one with connected boundary.




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