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In this paper, we establish gradient estimates for positive solutions to the following equation with respect to the p-Laplacian
with \(p>1\) on a given complete Riemannian manifold. Consequently, we derive upper bound estimates of the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian.
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Li, Z., Huang, G. Upper Bounds on the First Eigenvalue for the p-Laplacian. Mediterr. J. Math. 17, 112 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-020-01549-9
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