Spectrum of the Laplacian on quaternionic Kähler manifolds

Abstract: Let

M^{4 n}

be a complete quaternionic K"ahler manifold with scalar curvature bounded below by

- 16 n (n + 2)

. We get a sharp estimate for the first eigenvalue

l a m b d a_{1} (M)

of the Laplacian which is

l a m b d a_{1} (M) l e (2 n + 1)^{2}

. If the equality holds, then either

M

has only one end, or

M

is diffeomorphic to

m a t h b b R i m e s N

with N given by a compact manifold. Moreover, if

M

is of bounded curvature,

M

is covered by the quaterionic hyperbolic space

m a t h b b {Q H}^{n}

and

N

is a compact quotient of the generalized Heisenberg group. When

l a m b d a_{1} (M) g e f r a c 8 (n + 2) 3

, we also prove that

M

must have only one end with infinite volume.

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