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Neumann--Dirichlet eigenvalue comparison at the first Dirichlet threshold in the plane

Quanyu Tang·Haiqi Zhang
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Let $Ω\subset\mathbb R^2$ be a bounded connected Lipschitz domain, and let $\{μ_j(Ω)\}_{j\geq1}$ and $\{λ_j(Ω)\}_{j\geq1}$ denote the Neumann and Dirichlet Laplacian eigenvalues, respectively, counted with multiplicity. We prove that $$ μ_3(Ω)<λ_1(Ω), $$ thereby removing the simple-connectivity assumption from the previously known planar result at the first Dirichlet threshold. We also establish a three-spectrum counting inequality relating the Dirichlet, Neumann, and conductivity spectra.

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Quanyu Tang, Haiqi Zhang. 2026-09-05. Neumann--Dirichlet eigenvalue comparison at the first Dirichlet threshold in the plane. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05893

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