Cheeger estimates of Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators on infinite subgraphs of graphs (Q6039737)

The present paper is about Cheeger estimates on the eigenvalues of graph operators. The authors focus on the isoperimetric-type estimate, called the Cheeger estimate, which reveals a close relation between the first non-trivial eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a closed manifold, and the isoperimetric constant called the Cheeger constant. The authors consider the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator, called the DtN operator, defined for a compact, connected, smooth Riemannian manifold with a smooth boundary. They study the DtN operators on infinite subgraphs of graphs. Using the well-known exhaustion methods, the authors construct the DtN operator on an infinite subgraph of an infinite graph and prove Cheeger-type estimates for the bottom spectrum and higher-order Cheeger estimates for the higher-order eigenvalues of the DtN operators, which can be viewed as an extension of the known results in the literature.