Harmonic Functions, Entropy, and a Characterization of the Hyperbolic Space

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2007-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/0711.4592v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

to appear in J. Geom. Anal

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Let $(M^{n},g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with $Ric\geq-(n-1) $. It is
well known that the bottom of spectrum $\lambda_{0}$ of its unverversal
covering satisfies $\lambda_{0}\leq(n-1) ^{2}/4 $. We prove that equality holds
iff $M$ is hyperbolic. This follows from a sharp estimate for the Kaimanovich
entropy.

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