We consider spectral optimization problems of the form

$\min\lbrace\lambda_1(\Omega;D):\Omega\subset D,|\Omega|=1\rbrace$

where $D$ is a given subset of the Euclidean space $\textbf{R}^d$. Here $\lambda_1(\Omega;D)$ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator $-\Delta$ with Dirichlet conditions on $\partial\Omega\cap D$ and Neumann or Robin conditions on $\partial\Omega\cap\partial D$. The equivalent variational formulation

$\lambda_1(\Omega;D)=\min\lbrace\int_\Omega|\nabla u|^2dx+k\int_{\partial D}u^2d\mathcal{H}^{d-1}:$

$u\in H^1(D),u=0$ on $\partial\Omega\cap D,||u||_{L^2(\Omega)}=1\rbrace$

reminds the classical drop problems, where the first eigenvalue replaces the total variation functional. We prove an existence result for general shape cost functionals and we show some qualitative properties of the optimal domains. The case of Dirichlet condition on a $\textit{fixed}$ part and of Neumann condition on the $\textit{free}$ part of the boundary is also considered[-]

In this talk we deal with the regularity of optimal sets for a shape optimization problem involving a combination
of eigenvalues, under a fixed volume constraints. As a model problem, consider
\[
\min\Big\{\lambda_1(\Omega)+\dots+\lambda_k(\Omega)\ :\ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d,\ \text{open}\ ,\ |\Omega|=1\Big\},
\]
where $\langle_i(\cdot)$ denotes the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian and $|\cdot|$ the $d$-dimensional Lebesgue measure.
We prove that any minimizer $_{opt}$ has a regular part of the topological boundary which is relatively open and
$C^{\infty}$ and that the singular part has Hausdorff dimension smaller than $d-d^*$, where $d^*\geq 5$ is the minimal
dimension allowing the existence of minimal conic solutions to the blow-up problem.

We mainly use techniques from the theory of free boundary problems, which have to be properly extended to the case of
vector-valued functions: nondegeneracy property, Weiss-like monotonicity formulas with area term; finally through the
properties of non tangentially accessible domains we shall be in a position to exploit the ''viscosity'' approach recently proposed by De Silva.

This is a joint work with Dario Mazzoleni and Bozhidar Velichkov.[-]