Extrinsic Bounds for Eigenvalues of the Dirac Operator

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 573-596

  Bär, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirac operator; Eigenvalue estimates; Hypersurfaces; Mean curvature; Submanifolds; Willmore functional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042941242     PISSN: 0232704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006550532236     Document Type: Article

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