Dirac eigenvalues and total scalar curvature
Differential Geometry
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
It has recently been conjectured that the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator on a closed Riemannian spin manifold of dimension can be estimated from below by the total scalar curvature: We show by example that such an estimate is impossible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/9909061,
title = {Dirac eigenvalues and total scalar curvature},
author = {Bernd Ammann and Christian Baer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9909061},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, LaTeX, uses pstricks macro package. to appear in Journal of Geometry and Physics