SIAM J. Math. Analysis (to appear)
Inserted: 13 may 2016
Last Updated: 6 jun 2017
Year: 2016
Abstract:
In this paper we consider the problem of maximizing the $k$-th Steklov eigenvalue of the Laplacian (or a more general spectral functional), among all sets of $\R^d$ of prescribed volume. We prove existence of an optimal set and get some qualitative properties of the solutions in a relaxed setting. In particular, in $\R^2$, we prove that the optimal set consists in the union of at most $k$ disjoint Jordan domains with finite perimeter. A key point of our analysis is played by an isodiametric control of the Stelkov spectrum. We also perform some numerical experiments and exhibit the optimal shapes maximizing the $k$-th eigenvalues under area constraint in $\R^2$, for $k=1, \dots,10$.
Keywords: shape optimization, existence of solutions, Steklov eigenvalues, numerical simulations
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