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    Bounding the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on compact submanifolds
    (2010-1-21) ;
    Dryden, Emily B
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    El Soufi, Ahmad
    We give upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the La-place-Beltrami operator of a compact m-dimensional submanifold M of R^{m+p}. Besides the dimension and the volume of the submanifold and the order of the eigenvalue, these bounds depend on either the maximal number of intersection points of M with a p-plane in a generic position (transverse to M), or an invariant which measures the concentration of the volume of M in R^{m+p}. These bounds are asymptotically optimal in the sense of the Weyl law. On the other hand, we show that even for hypersurfaces (i.e., when p=1), the first positive eigenvalue cannot be controlled only in terms of the volume, the dimension and (for m>2) the differential structure.
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    Eigenvalues estimate for the Neumann problem of a bounded domain
    (2008-12-21) ;
    Maerten, Daniel
    In this note, we investigate upper bounds of the Neumann eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian of a domain Omega in a given complete ( not compact a priori) Riemannian manifold ( M, g). For this, we use test functions for the Rayleigh quotient subordinated to a family of open sets constructed in a general metric way, interesting for itself. As applications, we prove that if the Ricci curvature of ( M, g) is bounded below Ric(g) >= -( n - 1) a(2), a >= 0, then there exist constants A(n) > 0, B-n > 0 only depending on the dimension, such that lambda(k)(Omega)
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    Extremal g-invariant eigenvalues of the Laplacian of g-invariant metrics
    (2008-12-21) ;
    Dryden, Emily B
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    El Soufi, Ahmad
    The study of extremal properties of the spectrum often involves restricting the metrics under consideration. Motivated by the work of Abreu and Freitas in the case of the sphere S-2 endowed with S-1-invariant metrics, we consider the subsequence lambda(G)(k) of the spectrum of a Riemannian manifold M which corresponds to metrics and functions invariant under the action of a compact Lie group G. If. G has dimension at least 1, we show that the functional lambda(G)(k) admits no extremal metric under volume-preserving G-invariant deforma- tions. If, moreover, M has dimension at least three, then the functional lambda(G)(k) is unbounded when restricted to any conformal class of G-invariant metrics of fixed volume. As a special case of this, we can consider the standard 0(n)-action on S-n; however, if we also require the metric to be induced by an embedding of S-n in Rn+1, we get an optimal upper bound on lambda(G)(k).