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On a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with boundary, we give an estimate for the eigenvalues $(\lambda\_k(\tau,\alpha))\_k$ of the magnetic Laplacian with the Robin boundary conditions. Here, $\tau$ is a positive number that defines the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Georges Habib , Ayman Kachmar

Let $M^n$ be an $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M$. Assume that Ricci curvature is bounded from below by $(n-1)k$, for $k\in \RR$, we give a sharp estimate of the upper bound of $\rho(x)=\dis(x, \partial M)$, in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Jian Ge

Let $(M^n, h)$ be a compact Hermitian manifold. Suppose $\lambda$ is the lowest eigenvalue of the complex Laplacian on $M$. We prove that $\lambda \geq C$ where $C$ depends only on the dimension $n$, the diameter $d$, the Ricci curvature of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Gabriel Khan

We prove a lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact Riemannian spin manifold depending on the scalar curvature as well as a chosen Codazzi tensor. The inequality generalizes the classical estimate from [2].

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-09-07 Th. Friedrich , E. C. Kim

Under various elliptic boundary conditions, we obtain lower eigenvalue estimates for Dirac operators by using Hormander's weighted $L^2$-technique. Lower bounds in terms of the volume of the underlying manifolds are also deduced from the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-16 Qingchun Ji , Li Lin

Let $M^{4n}$ be a complete quaternionic K\"ahler manifold with scalar curvature bounded below by $-16n(n+2)$. We get a sharp estimate for the first eigenvalue $\lambda_1(M)$ of the Laplacian which is $\lambda_1(M)\le (2n+1)^2$. If the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-03-14 Shengli Kong , Peter Li , Detang Zhou

We relate small 1-form Laplacian eigenvalues to relative cycle complexity on closed hyperbolic manifolds: small eigenvalues correspond to closed geodesics no multiple of which bounds a surface of small genus. We describe potential…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-11-14 Michael Lipnowski , Mark Stern

We give sharp and explicit upper bounds for the first positive eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Box_b)$ of the Kohn-Laplacian on compact strictly pseudoconvex hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{C}^{n+1}$ in terms of their defining functions. As an…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Song-Ying Li , Guijuan Lin , Duong Ngoc Son

Let g be a G-invariant Einstein metric on a compact homogeneous space M=G/K. We use a formula for the Lichnerowicz Laplacian of g at G-invariant TT-tensors to study the stability type of g as a critical point of the scalar curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-20 Jorge Lauret

Let $X$ be a compact connected orientable hyperbolic surface and let $X_n$ be a degree $n$ random cover. We show that, with high probability, the distribution of eigenvalues of the Laplacian on $X_n$ converges to the spectral measure of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Elena Kim , Zhongkai Tao

In this paper we establish new Bochner-Kodaira formulas with quadratic curvature terms on compact K\"ahler manifolds: for any $\eta\in \Omega^{p,q}(M)$, $$ \left\langle\Delta_{\overline \partial} \eta,\eta\right\rangle =\left\langle…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Mingwei Wang , Xiaokui Yang

We derive variational formulas for the total Q-prime curvature under the deformation of strictly pseudoconvex domains in a complex manifold. We also show that the total Q-prime curvature agrees with the renormalized volume of such domains…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Kengo Hirachi , Taiji Marugame , Yoshihiko Matsumoto

In this paper, we can obtain curvature estimates for spacelike admissible graphic hypersurfaces in the $(n+1)$-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}_{1}$, and through which the existence of spacelike admissible graphic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Ya Gao , Jie Li , Jing Mao , Zhiqi Xie

This paper studies a class of $p$-Laplace equations with cubic polynomial nonlinearity \[ \Delta_p v + (v-a_1)(v-a_2)(v-a_3) = 0 \] on complete Riemannian manifolds $M$ with lower Ricci curvature bounds, where $a_1 < a_2 < a_3$ are real…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Zhen Qiu , Youde Wang , Jun Yang

We extend the microlocal Kakeya--Nikodym bounds for eigenfunctions of Blair--Sogge to a larger range of exponents, which is optimal in all dimensions $n\ge3$ on general manifolds. On manifolds of constant sectional curvature, we introduce a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Chuanwei Gao , Shukun Wu , Yakun Xi

We compute the eigenvalues with multiplicities of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian acting on the space of symmetric covariant tensor fields on the Euclidian sphere $S^n$. The spaces of symmetric eigentensors are explicitly given.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Boucetta

In this work, optimal rigidity results for eigenvalues on K\"ahler manifolds with positive Ricci lower bound are established. More precisely, for those K\"ahler manifolds whose first eigenvalue agrees with the Ricci lower bound, we show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Jianchun Chu , Feng Wang , Kewei Zhang

We prove a Brunn-Minkowski type inequality for the first (nontrivial) Dirichlet eigenvalue of the weighted $p$-operator \[ -\Delta_{p,\gamma}u=-\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u)+(x,\nabla u)|\nabla u|^{p-2}, \] where $p>1$, in the class…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Andrea Colesanti , Lei Qin , Paolo Salani

We deal with eigenvalue problems for the Laplacian on noncompact Riemannian manifolds $M$ of finite volume. Sharp conditions ensuring $L^q(M)$ and $L^\infty (M)$ bounds for eigenfunctions are exhibited in terms of either the isoperimetric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-24 Andrea Cianchi , Vladimir Maz'ya

Let $M$ be an oriented geometrically finite hyperbolic manifold of infinite volume with dimension at least $3$. For all $k \geq 0$, we provide a lower bound on the $k$th eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of $M$ by the $k$th…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Xiaolong Hans Han