Hadamard Type Variation Formulas for the Eigenvalues of the $η$-Laplacian and Applications

J. N. Gomes, M. A. M. Marrocos, R. R. Mesquita

Published 2015-10-23Version 1

In this paper we consider an analytic family of Riemannian structures on a compact smooth manifold $M$ with boundary. We impose the Dirichlet condition to the $\eta$-Laplacian and show the existence of analytic curves of its eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. We derive Hadamard type variation formulas. As an application we show that for a subset of $C^r$-metrics, $1\leq r<\infty$, all eigenvalues of $\eta$-Laplacian operator are generically simple. Moreover, we consider families of perturbations of domains in $M$ and obtain Hadamard type formulas for the eigenvalues of the $\eta$-Laplacian also in this case. We also establish the generic simplicity of the eigenvalues of the $\eta$-Laplacian operator in this context.