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Eigenvalues of perturbed Laplace operators on compact manifolds

Differential Geometry 2016-01-20 v2 Spectral Theory

Abstract

We obtain upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the Schr\"odinger operator L=Δg+qL=\Delta_g+q depending on integral quantities of the potential qq and a conformal invariant called the min-conformal volume. Moreover, when the Schr\"odinger operator LL is positive, integral quantities of qq which appear in upper bounds, can be replaced by the mean value of the potential qq. The upper bounds we obtain are compatible with the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues. We also obtain upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the weighted Laplacian or the Bakry-Emery Laplacian Δϕ=Δg+gϕg\Delta_\phi=\Delta_g+\nabla_g\phi\cdot\nabla_g using two approaches: First, we use the fact that Δϕ\Delta_\phi is unitarily equivalent to a Schr\"odinger operator and we get an upper bound in terms of the L2L^2-norm of gϕ\nabla_g\phi and the min-conformal volume. Second, we use its variational characterization and we obtain upper bounds in terms of the LL^\infty-norm of gϕ\nabla_g\phi and a new conformal invariant. The second approach leads to a Buser type upper bound and also gives upper bounds which do not depend on ϕ\phi when the Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature is non-negative.

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@article{arxiv.1210.7713,
  title  = {Eigenvalues of perturbed Laplace operators on compact manifolds},
  author = {Asma Hassannezhad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.7713},
  year   = {2016}
}