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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0034-7426</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-74262013000200005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Stekloff Problem for Rotationally Invariant Metrics on the Ball]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El problema de Stekloff para métricas rotacionalmente invariantes en la bola]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[MONTAÑO CARREÑO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[ÓSCAR ANDRÉS]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Valle  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cali ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
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<volume>47</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>181</fpage>
<lpage>190</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74262013000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74262013000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74262013000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Let (Br,g) be a ball of radius r>0 in Rn (n&ge; 2) endowed with a rotationally invariant metric ds²+f²(s)dw², where dw² represents the standard metric on Sn-1, the (n-1)--dimensional unit sphere. Assume that Br has non--negative sectional curvature. In this paper we prove that if h(r)>0 is the mean curvature on &part; Br and &nu;1 is the first eigenvalue of the Stekloff problem, then &nu;1 &ge; h(r). Equality \big(&nu; 1 = h(r)\big) holds only for the standard metric of Rn.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Sea (Br,g) una bola de radio r>0 en Rn (n&ge; 2) dotada con una métrica g rotacionalmente invariante ds²+f²(s)dw², donde dw² representa la métrica estándar sobre Sn-1, la esfera unitaria (n-1)--dimensional. Asumamos que Br tiene curvatura seccional no negativa. En este artículo demostramos que si h(r)>0 es la curvatura media sobre &part; Br y &nu;1 es el primer valor propio del problema de Stekloff, entonces &nu; 1 &ge; h(r). La igualdad \big(&nu; 1 = h(r)\big) se tiene sólo si g es la métrica estándar de Rn.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Stekloff eigenvalue]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rotationally invariant metric]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Non-negative sectional curvature]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Valor propio de Stekloff]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[métrica rotacionalmente invariante]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font size="2" face="verdana">     <p> <b> <font size="4">       <center>     The Stekloff Problem for Rotationally Invariant Metrics on the Ball   </center>   </font> </b> </p>     <p> <b> <font size="3">       <center>     El problema de Stekloff para m&eacute;tricas rotacionalmente invariantes en la bola   </center>   </font> </b> </p>     <p>       <center>     &Oacute;SCAR ANDR&Eacute;S MONTA&Ntilde;O CARRE&Ntilde;O<sup>1</sup>   </center> </p>     <p> <sup>1</sup>Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Email: <a href="mailto:oscar.montano@correounivalle.edu.co">oscar.montano@correounivalle.edu.co</a>     <br> </p> <hr size="1">     <p> <b>       ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<center>     Abstract   </center>   </b> </p>     <p> Let <i>(B<sub>r</sub>,g)</i> be a ball of radius <i>r&gt;0</i> in <i><b>R</b><sup>n</sup></i> (<i>n&ge; 2</i>) endowed with a rotationally invariant metric <i>ds<sup>2</sup>+f<sup>2</sup>(s)dw<sup>2</sup></i>, where <i>dw<sup>2</sup></i> represents the standard metric on <i>S<sup>n-1</sup></i>, the <i>(n-1)</i>--dimensional unit sphere. Assume that <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> has non--negative sectional curvature. In this paper we prove that if <i>h(r)&gt;0</i> is the mean curvature on <i>&part; B<sub>r</sub></i> and <i>&nu;<sub>1</sub></i> is the first eigenvalue of the Stekloff problem, then <i>&nu;<sub>1</sub> &ge; h(r)</i>. Equality (<i>&nu; <sub>1</sub> = h(r)</i>) holds only for the standard metric of <i><b>R</b><sup>n</sup></i>. </p>     <p> <b> Key words: </b> Stekloff eigenvalue,   Rotationally invariant metric,   Non-negative sectional curvature. </p> <hr size="1"> <i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35P15, 53C20, 53C42, 53C43.</i> <hr size="1">     <p> <b>       <center>     Resumen   </center>   </b> </p>     <p> Sea <i>(B<sub>r</sub>,g)</i> una bola de radio <i>r&gt;0</i> en <i><b>R</b><sup>n</sup></i> (<i>n&ge; 2</i>) dotada con una m&eacute;trica <i>g</i> rotacionalmente invariante <i>ds<sup>2</sup>+f<sup>2</sup>(s)dw<sup>2</sup></i>, donde <i>dw<sup>2</sup></i> representa la m&eacute;trica est&aacute;ndar sobre <i>S<sup>n-1</sup></i>, la esfera unitaria <i>(n-1)</i>--dimensional. Asumamos que <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> tiene curvatura seccional no negativa. En este art&iacute;culo demostramos que si <i>h(r)&gt;0</i> es la curvatura media sobre <i>&part; B<sub>r</sub></i> y <i>&nu;<sub>1</sub></i> es el primer valor propio del problema de Stekloff, entonces <i>&nu; <sub>1</sub> &ge; h(r)</i>. La igualdad (<i>&nu; <sub>1</sub> = h(r)</i>) se tiene s&oacute;lo si <i>g</i> es la m&eacute;trica est&aacute;ndar de <i><b>R</b><sup>n</sup></i>. </p>     <p> <b> Palabras clave: </b> Valor propio de Stekloff,   m&eacute;trica rotacionalmente invariante,   curvatura seccional no negativa. </p> <hr size="1">     <p> Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rcm/v47n2/v47n2a05.pdf">PDF</a> </p> <hr size="1">     <p> <b> <font size="3"> References </font> </b> </p>     <!-- ref --><p> [1] A. P. Calder&oacute;n, On an Inverse Boundary Value Problem, `Seminar in Numerical Analysis and its Applications to Continuum Physics´, (1980), Soc. 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Aceptado en octubre de 2013)</b> </center> <hr size="1">     <p> Este art&iacute;culo se puede citar en <i>LaTeX</i> utilizando la siguiente referencia bibliogr&aacute;fica de <i>BibTeX</i>: </p> <code><font size="2" face="verdana"> @ARTICLE{RCMv47n2a05,    <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AUTHOR &nbsp;= {Monta&ntilde;o Carre&ntilde;o, &Oacute;scar Andr&eacute;s},    <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TITLE &nbsp; = {{The Stekloff Problem for Rotationally Invariant Metrics on the Ball}},    <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JOURNAL = {Revista Colombiana de Matem&aacute;ticas},    <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YEAR &nbsp;&nbsp; = {2013},    <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; volume &nbsp;= {47},    ]]></body>
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