Continuous variation of eigenvalues and Gårding's inequality (Q1295489)

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Continuous variation of eigenvalues and Gårding's inequality
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    Continuous variation of eigenvalues and Gårding's inequality (English)
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    2 September 1999
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    Let \(D_t\) be a smooth 1-parameter family of elliptic selfadjoint partial differential operators on a compact manifold without boundary. We use Gårding's inequality to give a simple proof that the \(k\)th eigenvalue of \(D_t\) is continuous in \(t\).
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    variation of eigenvalues
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    Rayleigh-Ritz quotient
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    Gärding inequality
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