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La g\'eom\'etrie de Bakry-\'Emery et l'\'ecart fondamental

Spectral Theory 2020-12-14 v1 Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry

Abstract

This article is a brief presentation of results surrounding the fundamental gap. We begin by recalling Bakry-Emery geometry and demonstrate connections between eigenvalues of the Laplacian with the Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. We then show a connection between the fundamental gap and Bakry-Emery geometry, concluding with a presentation of the key ideas in Andrews's and Clutterbuck's proof of the fundamental gap conjecture. We conclude with a presentation of results for the fundamental gap of triangles and simplices.

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@article{arxiv.2012.06518,
  title  = {La g\'eom\'etrie de Bakry-\'Emery et l'\'ecart fondamental},
  author = {Julie Rowlett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.06518},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

in French. This is a preliminary version of the published article of the same title, freely available online!