An Obata-type theorem in CR geometry

DOI10.4310/JDG/1381931736zbMATH Open1277.32038arXiv1207.4033OpenAlexW2962764038WikidataQ115169124 ScholiaQ115169124MaRDI QIDQ378049FDOQ378049

Authors: Song-Ying Li, Xiaodong Wang 

Publication date: 20 November 2013

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss a sharp lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the sublaplacian on a closed, strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-hermitian manifold of dimension $2m+1geq5$. We prove that the equality holds iff the manifold is equivalent to the CR sphere up to a scaling. The essential step is a characterization of the CR sphere when there is a nonzero function satisfying a certain overdetermined system.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4033

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zbMATH Keywords

sublaplacianCR spherepseudohermitian manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Analysis on CR manifolds (32V20)

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