Inequalities between Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues of the Polyharmonic operators

Abstract

We prove that $\mu_{k+m}^m <\lambda_k^m$, where $\mu_k^m$ ($\lambda_k^m$) are the eigenvalues of $(-\Delta)^m$ on $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^d$, $d\geq 2$, with Neumann (Dirichlet) boundary conditions.