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Eigenvalues Estimates for the p-Laplace Operator on Manifolds 8 Barnab´e P. Lima∗ J. F´abio Montenegro † Newton L. Santos‡ 0 0 2 August 14, 2008 g u A Dedicated to Prof. Manfredo P. do Carmo in his 80th birthday 4 1 Abstract ] We obtain geometric estimates for the first eigenvalue and the fundamental tone of the p-laplacian G on manifolds in terms of admissible vector fields. Also, we defined a new spectral invariant and D we show its relation with the geometry of the manifold. . h t a 1 Introduction and statement of results m [ The Laplace-Beltrami operator on a Riemannian manifold, its spectral theory and the relations 1 between its first eigenvalue and the geometrical data of the manifold, such as curvatures, diameter, v injectivity radius, volume, has been extensively studied in the recent mathematical literature. In 8 2 the last few years, another operator, called p-Laplacian, arising from problems on Non-Newtonian 0 Fluids, Glaceology, Nonlinear Elasticity, and in problems of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations 2 . came to the light of Geometry. Since then, geometers showed that this operator exhibit some very 8 interesting analogies with the Laplacian. 0 8 Let (M,g) be a smooth Riemannian manifold and Ω ⊂ M a domain. For 1 p ∞, the 0 p-laplacian on Ω is defined by : p −2 v △ (u) = −div ∇u (∇u) . (1.1) i p X This operator appears na