A Global Curvature Pinching Result of the First Eigenvalue of the Laplacian on Riemannian Manifolds
Author(s) -
Peihe Wang,
Ying Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
abstract and applied analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.228
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1687-0409
pISSN - 1085-3375
DOI - 10.1155/2013/237418
Subject(s) - mathematics , geodesic , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , curvature , laplace operator , mathematical analysis , constant (computer programming) , sectional curvature , upper and lower bounds , sobolev space , ricci curvature , pure mathematics , ricci flat manifold , scalar curvature , geometry , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
The paper starts with a discussion involving the Sobolev constant on geodesic balls and then follows with a derivation of a lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on manifolds with small negative curvature. The derivation involves Moser iteration
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