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The first eigenvalue of a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature

Author(s): Jun Ling
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 3071-3079.
MSC (2000): Primary 58J50, 35P15; Secondary 53C21
Posted: May 1, 2006
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Abstract: We give a new estimate on the lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature in terms of the lower bound of the Ricci curvature and the largest interior radius of the nodal domains of eigenfunctions of the eigenvalue.


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Additional Information:

Jun Ling
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah 84058
Email: lingju@uvsc.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08332-8
PII: S 0002-9939(06)08332-8
Keywords: Eigenvalue, lower bound, closed Riemannian manifold
Received by editor(s): October 15, 2004
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 28, 2005
Posted: May 1, 2006
Communicated by: Jozef Dodziuk
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society


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