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November 2017 Isoperimetric inequality for the third eigenvalue of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on $\mathbb{S}^2$
Nikolai Nadirashvili, Yannick Sire
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J. Differential Geom. 107(3): 561-571 (November 2017). DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1508551225

Abstract

We prove Hersch’s type isoperimetric inequality for the third positive eigenvalue on $\mathbb{S}^2$. Our method builds on the theory we developed to construct extremal metrics on Riemannian surfaces in conformal classes for any eigenvalue.

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Nikolai Nadirashvili. Yannick Sire. "Isoperimetric inequality for the third eigenvalue of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on $\mathbb{S}^2$." J. Differential Geom. 107 (3) 561 - 571, November 2017. https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1508551225

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Received: 19 June 2015; Published: November 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 21 October 2017

zbMATH: 1385.53027
MathSciNet: MR3715349
Digital Object Identifier: 10.4310/jdg/1508551225

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Lehigh University

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