On Eigenvalues of Geometrically Finite Hyperbolic Manifolds with Infinite Volume

Abstract

Let $M$ be an oriented geometrically finite hyperbolic manifold of infinite volume with dimension at least $3$. For all $k \geq 0$, we provide a lower bound on the $k$th eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of $M$ by the $k$th eigenvalue of some neighborhood of the thick part of the convex core, up to a constant. As an application, we recover a theorem similar to the one of Burger and Canary which bounds the bottom $\lambda_0$ of the spectrum from below by $\frac{c}{\text{vol}(C_1(M))^2}$, where $C_1(M)$ is the $1$-neighborhood of the convex core and $c$ is a constant.