Sharp bounds for eigenvalues and multiplicities on surfaces of revolution (Q1127903)

For surfaces of revolution diffeomorphic to \(S^2\) it is proved that (\(S^2\), can) [where can denotes any constant curvature metric on \(S^2\)] provides sharp upper bounds for the multiplicities of all of the distinct eigenvalues. We also find sharp upper bounds for all the distinct eigenvalues and show that an infinite sequence of these eigenvalues are bounded above by those of (\(S^2\), can). An example of such bounds for a metric with some negative curvature is presented.