Fundamental gap estimate for convex domains on sphere -- the case $n=2$

TL;DR

This paper extends the fundamental gap estimate for convex domains on spheres to the case when n=2, providing a unified proof for all dimensions and analyzing eigenvalue asymptotics.

Contribution

It proves the fundamental gap estimate for convex domains on the sphere in the case n=2, generalizing previous results for n≥3 and offering eigenvalue asymptotics.

Findings

Established the gap estimate for n=2 on the sphere.

Provided asymptotic expansions of eigenvalues.

Unified proof applicable to all dimensions.

Abstract

In [SWW16, HW17] it is shown that the difference of the first two eigenvalues of the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition on convex domain with diameter $D$ of sphere $\mathbb S^n$ is $\geq 3 \frac{\pi^2}{D^2}$ when $n \geq 3$. We prove the same result when $n=2$. In fact our proof works for all dimension. We also give an asymptotic expansion of the first and second Dirichlet eigenvalues of the model in [SWW16].