On compact solvability of the operator of exterior derivation (Q1363480)

Various conditions are found for compact solvability of the operator of exterior derivation in the spaces \(L_p^k(M,\sigma )\), \(1<p<\infty \), of differential forms of degree \(k\) on a Riemannian manifold \(M\) which are summable to the power \(p\) with weight \(\sigma\) on \(M\). This problem has been shown to be closely connected with the question of discreteness of the spectrum of the Laplace operator on forms. For warped cylinders and surfaces of revolution, the conditions found are reduced to evaluating certain integrals and are effectively verifiable in each concrete case.