On Courant-like bound for Neumann domain count

Abstract

In this work we show that in general there is no Courant-like bound for Neumann domain count. In order to do that we construct a sequence of domains $\Omega^n$ such that the first Dirichlet eigenfunction for $\Omega^n$ has at least $n$ Neumann domains. Also a special case of convex domains is considered and sufficient conditions for existence of Courant-like bound for small eigenvalues are found.