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Metrics on a closed surface of genus two which maximize the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian

Differential Geometry 2018-11-14 v4 Spectral Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we settle in the affirmative the Jakobson-Levitin-Nadirashvili-Nigam-Polterovich conjecture, stating that a certain singular metric on the Bolza surface, with area normalized, should maximize the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian.

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@article{arxiv.1704.06384,
  title  = {Metrics on a closed surface of genus two which maximize the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian},
  author = {Shin Nayatani and Toshihiro Shoda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06384},
  year   = {2018}
}

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21 pages, 3 figures