Sharp bounds for the first two eigenvalues of an exterior Steklov eigenvalue problem

Abstract: Let

U s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

(

n g e q 3

) be an exterior Euclidean domain with smooth boundary

p a r t i a l U

. We consider the Steklov eigenvalue problem on

U

. First we derive a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue in terms of the support function and the distance function to the origin of

p a r t i a l U

. Second under various geometric conditions on

p a r t i a l U

we obtain sharp upper bounds for the first eigenvalue. Along the proof, we get a sharp upper bound for the capacity of

p a r t i a l U

when

n = 3

and

p a r t i a l U

is connected. Last we also discuss an upper bound for the second eigenvalue.

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