Finite parts of the spectrum of a Riemann surface (Q923462)

Let S and \(S'\) be compact Riemann surfaces of the same genus g (g\(\geq 2)\) endowed with the Poincaré metric of constant negative curvature -1. The authors show that for every \(\epsilon >0\), there exists an integer \(m=m(g,\epsilon)\) with the property: Assume that (1) injectivity radius of S and \(S'\geq \epsilon\), and (2) the first \(m=m(g,\epsilon)\) eigenvalues of the Laplacian of S and \(S'\) coincide, then S and \(S'\) are isospectral. The authors conjecture that the integer m will not depend on \(\epsilon\) that is, the theorem holds with an integer which depends only on the genus. For the proof, a model of Teichmüller space is described and the analyticity of the resolvent of Laplacian on this space is proved. Also the authors note that the injectivity radius is estimated by a finite part of the spectrum \((=\) the number of eigenvalues of the Laplacian in the interval [1/4,1]).