Paper · Aug 12, 2026

Weinstock inequalities for outward-minimizing domains

Chaoqun Gao, Yong Wei, Rong Zhou

math.DGWider flowsarXiv:2608.11841
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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.

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