Finite index operators on surfaces

Details Finite index operators on surfaces Finite index operators on surfaces

2009-11-19

arxiv.org/abs/0911.3767v4

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Differential Geometry

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We consider differential operators $L$ acting on functions on a Riemannian surface, $\Sigma$, of the form $$L = \Delta + V -a K ,$$where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian of $\Sigma$, $K$ is the Gaussian curvature, $a$ is a positive constant and $V \in C^{\infty}(\Sigma)$. Such operators $L$ arise as the stability operator of $\Sigma$ immersed in a Riemannian three-manifold with constant mean curvature (for particular choices of $V$ and $a$). We assume $L$ is nonpositive acting on functions compactly supported on $\Sigma$. If the potential, $V:= c + P $ with $c$ a nonnegative constant, verifies either an integrability condition, i.e. $P \in L^1(\Sigma)$ and $P$ is non positive, or a decay condition with respect to a point $p_0 \in \Sigma$, i.e. $|P(q)|\leq M/d(p_0,q)$ (where $d$ is the distance function in $\Sigma$), we control the topology and conformal type of $\Sigma$. Moreover, we establish a {\it Distance Lemma}. We apply such results to complete oriented stable $H-$surfaces immersed in a Killing submersion.

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