Spectral problems on Riemannian manifolds
Spectral problems on Riemannian manifolds
Pierre Bérard
Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble
geometrias géométries
IMPA, April 13-15,2009
1/53 Spectral problems on Riemannian manifolds Introduction to the spectrum
Introduction to the spectrum
Let (M, g) be a compact Riemannian manifold (possibly with boundary). We consider the Laplacian on M, acting on functions,
∆g (f ) = δg (df ),
where δg is the divergence operator on 1-forms.
The divergence of a 1-form ω is given by
n n δ (ω) = X(Dg ω)(E ) = X E · ω(E ) − ω(Dg E ), g Ej j j j Ej j j=1 j=1 n where {Ej }j=1 a local orthonormal frame.
2/53 Spectral problems on Riemannian manifolds Introduction to the spectrum
n In a local coordinate system {xj }j=1, the Laplacian is given by 1 n ∂ ∂f ∆f = − X (v (x)g ij (x) ), v (x) ∂x g ∂x g i,j=1 i j