The spectrum and quadrature formulas of spherical space forms (Q1826181)

Let M be a spherical space form; \(M=S^ m/G\) is the orbit space of a finite group acting freely and orthogonally on the sphere of radius 1 in \(R^{m+1}\). Let \(\lambda_ 1\) be the first non-zero eigenvalue of the Laplacian \(\Delta =d\delta\) acting on smooth functions. The author computes \(\lambda_ 1\) if \(m=3\). There are only 6 possible values \(\{\) 3,8,24,48,80,168\(\}\) and \(\lambda_ 1\) is determined by G. For example, \(\lambda_ 1=3\) \(\Leftrightarrow\) G is trivial, \(\lambda_ 1=8\) \(\Leftrightarrow\) G is cyclic, etc. The author also discusses several other spectral problems.