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Boundedness of the first eigenvalue of the -Laplacian

Author(s): Ana-Maria Matei
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 2183-2192.
MSC (2000): Primary 58C40; Secondary 58J50
Posted: February 15, 2005
MathSciNet review: 2137886
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Abstract: We prove that for any , any compact manifold of three or more dimensions carries Riemannian metrics of volume one with the first eigenvalue of the -Laplacian arbitrarily large.

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