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Isoperimetric inequality for the third eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\mathbb S^2$

Differential Geometry 2016-08-22 v5

Abstract

We prove an Hersch's type isoperimetric inequality for the third positive eigenvalue on S2\mathbb S^2. Our method builds on the theory we developped to construct extremal metrics on Riemannian surfaces in conformal classes for any eigenvalue.

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@article{arxiv.1506.07017,
  title  = {Isoperimetric inequality for the third eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\mathbb S^2$},
  author = {Nikolai Nadirashvili and Yannick Sire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.07017},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

in v2, we simplified the proof of Theorem 3.1