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In this paper, we establish a sharp lower bound for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian on bounded domains of a complete, non-compact Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Xiaoshang Jin , Zhiwei Lü

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact, smooth Riemannian manifold and $\{u_h\}$ be a sequence of $L^2$-normalized Laplace eigenfunctions that has a localized defect measure $\mu$ in the sense that $ M \setminus \text{supp}(\pi_* \mu) \neq \emptyset$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Yaiza Canzani , John A. Toth

We give a lower bound on the number of small positive eigenvalues of the p-form Laplacian in a certain type of collapse with curvature bounded below.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John Lott

We consider a compact Riemannian manifold M endowed with a potential 1-form A and study the magnetic Laplacian associated with those data (with Neumann magnetic boundary condition if the bpoundary of M is not empty). We first establish a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-08 Bruno Colbois , Alessandro Savo

We establish the existence of analytic curves of eigenvalues for the Laplace-Neumann operator through an analytic variation of the metric of a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with boundary by means of a new approach rather than Kato's…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-04 José N. V. Gomes , Marcus A. M. Marrocos

We show that in a closed 3-manifold with a generic metric of positive Ricci curvature, there are minimal surfaces of arbitrary large Morse index, which partially confirms a conjecture by F. Marques and A. Neves. We prove this by analyzing…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Haozhao Li , Xin Zhou

In this paper, we give a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the basic Laplacian acting on basic $1$-forms defined on a compact manifold whose boundary is endowed with a Riemannian flow. The limiting case gives rise to a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-16 Fida El Chami , Georges Habib , Ola Makhoul , Roger Nakad

An integral inequality for the singular p-laplacian is established for 3/2<p<2. As consequence, lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the p-laplacian are obtained for minimal submanifolds and prescribed scalar curvature submanifolds in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Matheus Nunes Soares , Fábio Reis dos Santos

We summarize the properties of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator in bounded Euclidean domains with Dirichlet, Neumann or Robin boundary condition. We keep the presentation at a level accessible to scientists from…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-03 Denis S. Grebenkov , Binh-Thanh Nguyen

We prove various estimates for the first eigenvalue of the magnetic Dirichlet Laplacian on a bounded domain in two dimensions. When the magnetic field is constant, we give lower and upper bounds in terms of geometric quantities of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-23 Tomas Ekholm , Hynek Kovarik , Fabian Portmann

In this paper, we consider surfaces in 4--dimensional pseudo--Riemannian space--forms with index 2. First, we obtain some of geometrical properties of such surfaces considering their relative null space. Then, we get classifications of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-30 Burcu Bektaş Demirci , Nurettin Cenk Turgay

The spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian on conical layers is analysed through two aspects: the infiniteness of the discrete eigenvalues and their expansions in the small aperture limit. On the one hand, we prove that, for any aperture, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-23 Monique Dauge , Thomas Ourmières-Bonafos , Nicolas Raymond

In this note, we answer positively a question of Yau by proving the existence of closed minimal surfaces with negative induced curvature in any sphere of large dimension. The proof follows the strategy of Song, applying it to closed Riemann…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Michele Ancona , François Labourie , Anna Roig Sanchis , Jérémy Toulisse

The discrete Laplacian on Euclidean triangulated surfaces is a well-established notion. We introduce discrete Laplacians on spherical and hyperbolic triangulated surfaces. On the one hand, our definitions are close to the Euclidean one in…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Ivan Izmestiev , Wai Yeung Lam

The paper is concerned with the maximization of Laplace eigenvalues on surfaces of given volume with a Riemannian metric in a fixed conformal class. A significant progress on this problem has been recently achieved by Nadirashvili-Sire and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Mikhail Karpukhin , Nikolai Nadirashvili , Alexei V. Penskoi , Iosif Polterovich

In this paper, we study the drifted Laplacian $\Delta_f$ on a hypersurface $M$ in a Ricci shrinker $(\overline{M},g,f)$. We prove that the spectrum of $\Delta_f$ is discrete for immersed hypersurfaces with bounded weighted mean curvature in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Franciele Conrado , Detang Zhou

We prove the existence of a principal eigenvalue associated to the $\infty$-Laplacian plus lower order terms and the Neumann boundary condition in a bounded smooth domain. As an application we get uniqueness and existence results for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-06-03 Stefania Patrizi

In this paper, we investigate critical points of the Laplacian's eigenvalues considered as functionals on the space of Riemmannian metrics or a conformal class of metrics on a compact manifold. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Ahmad El Soufi , Said Ilias

In this paper, we study the spectrum of the weighted Laplacian (also called Bakry-Emery or Witten Laplacian) $L_\sigma$ on a compact, connected, smooth Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ endowed with a measure $\sigma dv_g$. First, we obtain upper…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-17 Bruno Colbois , Ahmad El Soufi , Alessandro Savo

We mainly investigate some properties of quasiconformal mappings between smooth 2-dimensional surfaces with boundary in the Euclidean space, satisfying certain partial differential equations (inequalities) concerning Laplacian, and in…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2012-02-21 David Kalaj , Miodrag Mateljevic