Szegö-Weinberger type inequalities for symmetric domains with holes

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Abstract: Let mu2(Omega) be the first positive eigenvalue of the Neumann Laplacian in a bounded domain OmegasubsetmathbbRN. It was proved by SzegH{o} for N=2 and by Weinberger for Ngeq2 that among all equimeasurable domains mu2(Omega) attains its global maximum if Omega is a ball. In the present work, we develop the approach of Weinberger in two directions. Firstly, we refine the SzegH{o}-Weinberger result for a class of domains of the form OmegaextoutsetminusoverlineOmegaextin which are either centrally symmetric or symmetric of order 2 (with respect to every coordinate plane (xi,xj)) by showing that , where are balls centered at the origin such that BalphasubsetOmegaextin and . Secondly, we provide SzegH{o}-Weinberger type inequalities for higher eigenvalues by imposing additional symmetry assumptions on the domain. Namely, if OmegaextoutsetminusoverlineOmegaextin is symmetric of order 4, then we prove for i=3,dots,N+2, where we also allow Omegaextin and Balpha to be empty. If N=2 and the domain is symmetric of order 8, then the latter inequality persists for i=5. Counterexamples to the obtained inequalities for domains outside of the considered symmetry classes are given. The existence and properties of nonradial domains with required symmetries in higher dimensions are discussed. As an auxiliary result, we obtain the non-radiality of the eigenfunctions associated to .




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