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On the spectra of three Steklov eigenvalue problems on warped product manifolds

Differential Geometry 2019-08-05 v2 Analysis of PDEs Spectral Theory

Abstract

Let Mn=[0,R)×Sn1M^n=[0,R)\times \mathbb{S}^{n-1} be an nn-dimensional (n2n\geq 2) smooth Riemannian manifold equipped with the warped product metric g=dr2+h2(r)gSn1g=dr^2+h^2(r)g_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}} and diffeomorphic to a Euclidean ball. Assume that MM has strictly convex boundary. First, for the classical Steklov eigenvalue problem, we obtain an optimal lower (upper, respectively) bound for its spectrum in terms of h(R)/h(R)h'(R)/h(R) when Ricg0Ric_g\geq 0 (0\leq 0, respectively). Second, for two fourth-order Steklov eigenvalue problems studied by Kuttler and Sigillito in 1968, we derive a lower bound for their spectra in terms of either h(R)/h3(R)h'(R)/h^3(R) or h(R)/h(R)h'(R)/h(R) when Ricg0Ric_g\geq 0, which is optimal for certain cases; in particular, we confirm a conjecture raised by Q. Wang and C. Xia for warped product manifolds of dimension n=2n=2 or n4n\geq 4. For some proofs we utilize the Reilly's formula and reveal a new feature on its use.

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@article{arxiv.1902.00656,
  title  = {On the spectra of three Steklov eigenvalue problems on warped product manifolds},
  author = {Changwei Xiong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.00656},
  year   = {2019}
}

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32 pages; 0 figures. All comments are welcome. In v2, one reference added, together with minor modification