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Dirac eigenvalues and total scalar curvature

Differential Geometry 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

It has recently been conjectured that the eigenvalues λ\lambda of the Dirac operator on a closed Riemannian spin manifold MM of dimension n3n\ge 3 can be estimated from below by the total scalar curvature: λ2n4(n1)MSvol(M). \lambda^2 \ge \frac{n}{4(n-1)} \cdot \frac{\int_M S}{vol(M)}. We show by example that such an estimate is impossible.

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@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