Guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds for Steklov operators using conforming finite element methods

Abstract: For the eigenvalue problem of the Steklov differential operator, by following Liu's approach, an algorithm utilizing the conforming finite element method (FEM) is proposed to provide guaranteed lower bounds for the eigenvalues. The proposed method requires the a priori error estimation for FEM solution to nonhomogeneous Neumann problems, which is solved by constructing the hypercircle for the corresponding FEM spaces and boundary conditions. Numerical examples are also shown to confirm the efficiency of our proposed method.