New eigenvalue estimates involving Bessel functions

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Abstract: Given a compact Riemannian manifold (M n , g) with boundary partialM , we give an estimate for the quotient partialM f dmu g M f dmu g , where f is a smooth positive function defined on M that satisfies some inequality involving the scalar Laplacian. By the mean value lemma established in [37], we provide a differential inequality for f which, under some curvature assumptions, can be interpreted in terms of Bessel functions. As an application of our main result, a direct proof is given of the Faber-Krahn inequalities for Dirichlet and Robin Laplacian. Also, a new estimate is established for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator that involves a positive root of Bessel function besides the scalar curvature. Independently, we extend the Robin Laplacian on functions to differential forms. We prove that this natural extension defines a self-adjoint and elliptic operator whose spectrum is discrete and consists of positive real eigenvalues. In particular, we characterize its first eigenvalue and provide a lower bound of it in terms of Bessel functions.


Let \((M,g)\) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. Under the assumption that the Ricci curvature of \(M\) is non-negative and the mean curvature of the boundary with respect to the inner normal is positive, the authors prove an inequality of the form \[ \int_{\partial M} f \ d\mu_g \geq C\int_{M} f\ d\mu_g \] valid for every positive smooth function \(f\) satisfying \(\Delta f \geq \lambda f\) for some \(\lambda\in\mathbb{R}\). The constant \(C\) depends solely on \(\lambda\), on the dimension of \(M\) and on the infimum \(H_0\) of the mean curvature, and is given explicitly as a ratio of values of certain Bessel functions of the first kind. This main inequality implies an isoperimetric inequality in terms of \(H_0\), and also lower bounds for the eigenvalues of geometric elliptic operators on manifolds with non-positive Ricci curvature and convex boundary: the Laplacian on differential forms with four types of boundary conditions, the Dirac operator (when \(M\) is spin), and the Yamabe operator.



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