Collapsing and the differential form Laplacian: The case of a smooth limit space
John Lott
Source: Duke Math. J. Volume 114, Number 2 (2002), 267-306.
Abstract
We analyze the limit of the $p$-form Laplacian under a collapse, with bounded sectional curvature and bounded diameter, to a smooth limit space. As an application, we characterize when the $p$-form Laplacian has small positive eigenvalues in a collapsing sequence.
Primary Subjects: 58J50
Secondary Subjects: 31C12, 35P15
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