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Question about Neumann eigenvalues on manifolds

Question: Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{S}^2_+$ be any geodesically convex subset of the hemisphere $\mathbb{S}^2_+$. Then is it true that $\mu_1(\Omega)\geq \mu_1(\mathbb{S}^2_+)$ where $\mu_1$ is the ...
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Convergence of metric implies convergence of eigenvalues?

Consider the metric $g_\varepsilon=d\theta^2 + \varepsilon^2 \sin(\theta)^2 \, d\varphi^2$ on the hemisphere $S^2_+.$ I had two naive questions: Does $g_\varepsilon$ converge to the flat metric on ...
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Convergence of metric and eigenvalues on a tubular neighbourhood

Background: Consider the sphere $S^2$ with the round metric $g$ and let $\gamma$ be one half of a great circle of length $\pi.$ Let $T_\epsilon$ denote a geodesically convex tube around $\gamma$ of ...
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Convergence of spectrum

Let $M$ be a compact manifold and $g_k$ be a sequence of Riemannain metrics smoothly converging to another Riemannian metric $g$. Let $\{\lambda^k_j\}$ be the spectrum of the Laplacian of the ...
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Existence of eigen basis for elliptic operator on compact manifold

Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Let $E$ be a vector bundle over $M$ equipped with a Hermitian (or Euclidean) metric on its fibers. Let $D$ be a linear elliptic differential operator acting ...
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Is the $n/2$-th heat kernel coefficient topological?

I have asked the same question on math.SE, without much success so I'm trying my luck here too. Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional manifold, with $n$ even and consider the heat kernel of the Laplacian on $...
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Spectral problems with the wrong sign on the Poincaré disk

Let $\mathbb{D}$ denote the open unit disk in $\mathbb{C}$ equipped with the Poincaré metric $g$ of negative scalar curvature $-1$. Denote by $\Delta_g = \mathrm{Tr}_g(\nabla^g d) = - d^{\ast_g} d$ ...
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Spectral theory of infinite volume hyperbolic manifolds

I have a question about the discrete spectrum of the Laplace operator on hyperbolic manifolds with infinite volume. I understand the case of infinite area surfaces: see Chapter 7 (Sections 1 and 2) of ...
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Hessian estimates of eigenfunctions without Bochner

let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. Consider the Dirichlet eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of Laplacian on $\Omega$, that are, the $\lambda_i>0$ and $\phi_i\in H^{1}_0(...
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Existence and uniqueness for $\Delta f + \lambda f = g$ on $S^2$ for $\lambda>0$ [closed]

Consider the PDE $$\Delta f + \lambda f = g$$ on $S^2$, where $\Delta$ is with respect to the round metric, $g \in L^2(S^2)$ and $\lambda>0$. I wish to study the existence and uniqueness of this ...
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Laplace eigenfunction on a polygonal domain symmetric about an axis

Consider a polygon $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$, and let us consider the usual Laplacian operator $\Delta = \partial_x^2 + \partial_y^2$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions. My question comes from ...
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Laplace spectrum of the $2$-Sphere [closed]

The $2$-sphere $S^2$ endowed with usual round metric, we have a Laplacian operator $\Delta_{\mathrm{d}} = \mathrm{d}^*\mathrm{d} + \mathrm{d}\mathrm{d}^*$ acting on functions. The eigenvalues of this ...
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One question about Schrodinger Semigroups-(B. Simon)

This question comes from the paper: B. Simon, Schrodinger Semigroups, Bull. A.M.S., (1982) Vol. 7 (3). On the Theorem C.3.4(subsolution estimate) of the paper, it says that: Let $Hu=Eu$ and $u\in L^...
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Asymptotic expansion of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{t}}$ and $e^{-\mathcal{D}t}$ of Dirac operator

For a closed Riemannian manifold $M$ of $n$-dimension, we consider the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta$. It is known that we have an asymptotic expansion for the trace of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{...
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Eigenvalues of Laplace operator

Assume that $(M,g)$ is a Riemannian manifold. Is there any relation between the sequence of eigenvalues of Laplace operator acting on the space of smooth functions and the sequence of eigenvalues of ...
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Log of heat kernel for positive time

A well-known theorem by Varadhan relates the logarithm of the heat kernel on a manifold and the geodesic distance function. In particular, if $d(x,y)$ is geodesic distance from $x$ to $y$ and $p(t,x,...
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Relationship between Green's function and geodesic distance?

I am interested in showing that a certain Green's function can be used to approximate the distance function on a Riemannian manifold in the following sense. Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and ...
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Exotic spectrum of Laplace operator

Given a closed Riemannian manifold and a generalized Laplace $\Delta$ operator, it is well known that $\Delta$ has discrete spectrum $(\lambda_n)_n$ (arranged in a increasing way, not counting ...
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Controlling the Second Eigenvalue of a Schrödinger Operator

Consider a bounded domain $\Omega$ (with smooth boundary) in some Riemannian $n$-manifold $M^n$. Let $L$ be the operator $$ L=\Delta+V $$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplace-beltrami operator on $M$ (so is ...
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Eigenvalues of Laplacian

What's the most natural way to establish the asymptotics of $\Delta$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $N$? The asymptotics should be $$ \#\{v < A^2\} = \mathrm{const}\ast\mathrm{...
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