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Let $M$ be a closed differentiable manifold of dimension at least $3$. Let $\Lambda_0 (M)$ be the minimun number of non-positive eigenvalues that the conformal Laplacian of a metric on $M$ can have. We prove that for any $k$ greater than or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Guillermo Henry , Jimmy Petean

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension >2. We show that there is a metric h conformal to g and of volume 1 such that the first positive eigenvalue the conformal Laplacian with repect to h is arbitrarily large. A similar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Bernd Ammann , Pierre Jammes

Given $(M,g)$ a smooth compact Riemannian manifold without boundary of dimension $n\geq 3$, we consider the first conformal eigenvalue which is by definition the supremum of the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian among all metrics conformal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-25 Romain Petrides

Let $(M, g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 3$. In this paper, we give various properties of the eigenvalues of the Yamabe operator $L_g$. In particular, we show how the second eigenvalue of $L_g$ is related to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-06 Safaa El Sayed

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact connected orientable Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\ge4$ and let $\lambda_{k,p} (g)$ be the $k$-th positive eigenvalue of the Laplacian $\Delta_{g,p}=dd^*+d^*d$ acting on differential forms of degree $p$ on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruno Colbois , Ahmad El Soufi

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 3$. We define the second Yamabe invariant as the infimum of the second eigenvalue of the Yamabe operator over the metrics conformal to $g$ and of volume 1. We study when it…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-25 Bernd Ammann , Emmanuel Humbert

We investigate in this paper the existence of a metric which maximizes the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on Riemannian surfaces. We first prove that, in a given conformal class, there always exists such a maximizing metric which is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-18 Romain Petrides

For a closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $n$, let $\lambda_{1}(g)$ be the first positive eigenvalue of the Laplace--Beltrami operator $\Delta_{g}$ and $\mbox{Vol}(M,g)$ the volume of $(M, g)$. Considering the scale-invariant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Kazumasa Narita

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\geq 3$. For a metric $g$ on $M$, we let $\la_2(g)$ be the second eigenvalue of the Yamabe operator $L_g:= \frac{4(n-1)}{n-2} \Delta_g + \scal_g$. Then, the second Yamabe invariant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-29 Safaa El Sayed

We prove an upper bound for the volume-normalized second nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on closed Riemannian manifold, in terms of the conformal volume. This bound provides effective upper bound for a large class of manifolds,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Mehdi Eddaoudi , Alexandre Girouard

Consider $\left(M,g\right)$ as an $m$-dimensional compact connected Riemannian manifold without boundary. In this paper, we investigate the first eigenvalue $\lambda_{1,p,q}$ of the $\left(p,q\right)$-Laplacian system on $M$. Also, in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Mohammad Javad Habibi Vosta Kolaei , Shahroud Azami

Let (M,g) be a compact manifold of dimension n greater or equals to 3. We suppose that g is a given metric in a precised Sobolev space and there is a point P in M and d>o such that g is smooth on the ball B(P,d). We define the second Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-05 Mohammed Benalili , Hichem Boughazi

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

Let $M$ be a compact connected manifold of dimension $n$ endowed with a conformal class $C$ of Riemannian metrics of volume one. For any integer $k\geq0$, we consider the conformal invariant $\lambda_k ^c (C)$ defined as the supremum of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruno Colbois , Ahmad El Soufi

In this note we present upper bounds for the variational eigenvalues of the $p$-Laplacian on smooth domains of complete $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds and Neumann boundary conditions, and on compact (boundaryless) Riemannian…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Bruno Colbois , Luigi Provenzano

Let \((M^n,g)\) be a smooth closed Riemannian manifold of dimension \(n \ge 5\) with positive Yamabe invariant and semi-positive \(Q\)-curvature. We establish a precompactness result in the \(C^{\alpha}\)-H\"older topologie on the space of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Zeinab Mcheik

Let $C$ be a configuration of $n$ ovals in $\mathbb{S}^2$. We show that there is a Riemannian metric $g$ over $\mathbb{S}^2$ with a Laplacian eigenfunction whose zero set is $C$, and the corresponding eigenvalue is the $k$-th eigenvalue for…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Yoav Krauz

We consider the problem of minimizing the second conformal eigenvalue of the conformal Laplacian in a conformal class of metrics with renormalized volume. We prove, in dimensions $n\in\left\{3,\dotsc,10\right\}$, that a minimizer for this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-16 Bruno Premoselli , Jérôme Vétois

In this paper we revisit the $\sigma_k$-Yamabe problem on $M^n$, namely, finding a conformal metric with constant $\sigma_k$-scalar curvature. We prove that on a closed manifold $\left(M,\left[g_0\right]\right)$ with positive Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Yuxin Ge , Guofang Wang , Wei Wei

Let (M,g) be an arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian manifold of dimension at least 3. We determine the form of all the conformal symmetries of the conformal (or Yamabe) Laplacian on (M,g), which are given by differential operators of second order.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-17 Jean-Philippe Michel , Fabian Radoux , Josef Šilhan
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