Karpukhin, Mikhail and Stern, Daniel (2020) Min-max harmonic maps and a new characterization of conformal eigenvalues. . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20201123-143024911
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Abstract
Given a surface M and a fixed conformal class c one defines Λ_k(M,c) to be the supremum of the k-th nontrivial Laplacian eigenvalue over all metrics g ∈ c of unit volume. It has been observed by Nadirashvili that the metrics achieving Λ_k(M,c) are closely related to harmonic maps to spheres. In the present paper, we identify Λ₁(M,c) and Λ₂(M,c) with min-max quantities associated to the energy functional for sphere-valued maps. As an application, we obtain several new eigenvalue bounds, including a sharp isoperimetric inequality for the first two Steklov eigenvalues. This characterization also yields an alternative proof of the existence of maximal metrics realizing Λ₁(M,c), Λ₂(M,c) and, moreover, allows us to obtain a regularity theorem for maximal Radon measures satisfying a natural compactness condition.
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Additional Information: | The authors would like to thank Iosif Polterovich and Jean Lagacé for remarks on the preliminary version of the manuscript. This project originated during the CRG workshop on Geometric Analysis held at the University of British Columbia in May 2019. The hospitality of the University of British Columbia is gratefully acknowledged | ||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||
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