The Steklov spectrum of spherical cylinders

Abstract

The Steklov problem on a compact Lipschitz domain is to find harmonic functions on the interior whose outward normal derivative on the boundary is some multiple (eigenvalue) of their trace on the boundary. These eigenvalues form the Steklov spectrum of the domain. This article considers the Steklov spectrum of spherical cylinders (Euclidean ball times interval). It is shown that the spectral counting function admits a two-term asymptotic expansion. The coefficient of the second term consists of a contribution from the curvature of the boundary and a contribution from the edges.