Eigenvalue estimates without Bakry-Emery-Ricci bounds

MaRDI QIDQ6312678zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Gabriel Khan

Publication date 17 January 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

Abstract: We establish a lower bound for the real eigenvalues of a Laplace-Beltrami operator with an $L^{i}nfty$-drift term. We make no assumptions that the operator is self-adjoint or that the drift has any additional regularity. In the case where the operator is self-adjoint, this establishes a lower bound on the spectrum without assuming a lower bound for the Bakry-Emery Ricci tensor. Put colloquially, this result states that no matter which way the wind blows, heat will diffuse at a definite rate depending only on the geometry of the underlying space and the maximal wind speed.

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