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Constant potentials do not minimise the fundamental gap on convex domains in hyperbolic space

Analysis of PDEs 2025-12-22 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We show that for every n2n \geq 2 and D>0D > 0 there exist a convex domain ΩHn\Omega \subseteq \mathbb H^n with diameter DD and a convex potential VV on Ω\Omega such that the fundamental gap of the operator Δ+V-\Delta+V is strictly smaller than the fundamental gap of Δ-\Delta. In comparison to previous work, this result requires more refined control of the eigenfunctions.

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@article{arxiv.2512.17103,
  title  = {Constant potentials do not minimise the fundamental gap on convex domains in hyperbolic space},
  author = {Julie Clutterbuck and Frieder Jäckel and Xuan Hien Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17103},
  year   = {2025}
}

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