Honda–Mondino conjecture on first Hodge-Laplacian eigenvalues

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For given mNm \in \mathop{\mathrm{{\Bbb N}}}\nolimits, κR\kappa \in \mathop{\mathrm{{\Bbb R}}}\nolimits and v,D>0v,D>0, consider connected oriented closed Riemannian manifolds (Mm,g)(M^m,g) of dimension mm with Ricci curvature Ricgκ\operatorname{Ric}_g\geq\kappa, volume vol(M,g)v\operatorname{vol}(M,g)\geq v, and diameter diam(M,g)D\operatorname{diam}(M,g)\leq D. Honda–Mondino's conjecture. There exists a positive constant C(m,κ,v,D)>0C(m,\kappa,v,D)>0, depending only on mm, κ\kappa, vv, and DD, such that every such manifold satisfies

λ1(1)(M,g)C(m,κ,v,D)>0.\lambda^{(1)}_1(M,g)\geq C(m,\kappa,v,D)>0.

The source presents this as a conjecture in the case p=1p=1 after noting a positive lower bound under stronger assumptions in dimensions m4m\leq4; its resolution status is not specified in the supplied text.

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Colette Anné and Junya Takahashi, “Small eigenvalues of the Hodge-Laplacian with sectional curvature bounded below”, arXiv:2506.11579 (2025).

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