The relationship between some Liouville theorems on Riemannian manifolds of a special type (Q1277447)

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The relationship between some Liouville theorems on Riemannian manifolds of a special type
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    The relationship between some Liouville theorems on Riemannian manifolds of a special type (English)
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    27 April 1999
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    Let \(M\) be a complete Riemannian manifold and let \(\Delta = \sum_{ij} g^{ij} ({\partial \over \partial x^i} {\partial \over \partial x^j} - \sum_k\Gamma_{ij}^k {\partial \over \partial x^k})\) be the Laplace-Beltrami operator acting on functions. We say that \(M\) satisfies the Liouville theorem (L1) if every bounded solution \(u\) of \(\Delta u = 0\) is constant. Moreover, we say that \(M\) satisfies (L2) if the equation \(\Delta u = \mu u\) has no nontrivial bounded solutions for all \(\mu > 0\). Euclidean space \(M={\mathbb R}^n\) satisfies both (L1) and (L2). Now let \(M\) be the union \(M = B \cup D\) where \(B\) is a compact set and \(D\) is diffeomorphic to \((0,\infty)\times S\), \(S\) compact, and \(D\) carries a warped product metric. The main result of the paper states that for such \(M\) (L1) implies (L2). The converse is not true as one can see from the example of hyperbolic space.
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    Liouville theorem
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    Riemannian manifold
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    Laplace equation
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