The \(\Theta\) function and the Weyl law on manifolds without conjugate points (Q1677389)

This paper proves that on a Riemannian manifold without conjugate points, the Theta function is uniformly bounded from below. This result is used to obtain a Weyl-type asymptotic formula for the eigenvalue counting function, extending a result which has previously been proven by \textit{P. H. Bérard} [Math. Z. 155, 249--276 (1977; Zbl 0341.35052)] for manifolds of dimension two to manifolds of arbitrary dimension without conjugate points.