Weinstock inequalities for outward-minimizing domains

Abstract

We prove sharp Weinstock inequalities for the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue of smooth outward-minimizing domains in Euclidean space and hyperbolic space. The method is based on the weak inverse mean curvature flow of Huisken--Ilmanen. The main new ingredient is an endpoint distributional monotonicity argument obtained from the calibrated weak formulation and the Gauss--Green formula for divergence-measure fields.

28 pages