Principal eigenvalues, topological pressure, and stochastic stability of equilibrium states (Q808507)

Assume that \(L\) is a second-order elliptic differential operator on a manifold \(M\), \(B\) is a vector field, \(V\) is a continuous function and (1) \(L^{\varepsilon}_ V=\varepsilon L+(B,\nabla)+V\) is the operator considered on a compact manifold or in a bounded domain with zero boundary conditions. The main purpose of the paper is to study the behavior as \(\varepsilon \to 0\) of the principal eigenvalue \(\lambda^{\varepsilon}(V)\) for the operator (1). This task has a natural transition to the variational principle for the topological pressure and stochastic stability of equilibrium states.