Untere Schranken für den ersten Eigenwert des Laplace-Operators auf kompakten Riemannschen Flächen. (Lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on compact Riemann surfaces) (Q1083095)

Let \({\mathcal F}\) be a compact Riemann surface of genus \(g>1\), and let \(0=\lambda_ 0<\lambda_ 1\leq \lambda_ 2\leq...\), \(\lambda_ n\to \infty\) be the eigenvalues of the Laplacian -\(\Delta\) on \({\mathcal F}\). The paper under review is concerned with the derivation of positive lower bounds for \(\lambda_ 1\) which depend on geometric data of \({\mathcal F}\). A known bound is \[ (1)\quad \lambda_ 1\geq (4 \sinh (D/2))^{-2}, \] where D denotes the diameter of \({\mathcal F}\). The author determines a new lower bound for \(\lambda_ 1\) which depends only on g, D and on the length d of the shortest closed geodesic on \({\mathcal F}\), and he compares the quality of his result with the known bound (1). In addition, the author gives a weaker lower bound for \(\lambda_ 1\) depending only on g and d.