About Bounds for Eigenvalues of the Laplacian with Density

Abstract

Let $M$ denote a compact, connected Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\in \mathbb{N}$. We assume that $M$ has a smooth and connected boundary. Denote by $g$ and $\mathrm{d}{v}_g$ respectively, the Riemannian metric on $M$ and the associated volume element. Let $\Delta$ be the Laplace operator on $M$ equipped with the weighted volume form $\mathrm{d}m:={\mathrm{e}}^{-h}\mathrm{d}{v}_g$. We are interested in the operator $L_h\cdot :={\mathrm{e}}^{-h(\alpha -1)}(\Delta \cdot +\alpha g(\nabla h,\nabla \cdot ))$, where $\alpha >1$ and $h\in C^2(M)$ are given. The main result in this paper states about the existence of upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the weighted Laplacian $L_h$ with the Neumann boundary condition if the boundary is non-empty.