For a bounded domain Ω with a piecewise smooth boundary in an
n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn, we study eigenvalues of the
Dirichlet eigenvalue problem of the Laplacian. First we give a general
inequality for eigenvalues of the Laplacian. As an application, we study lower
order eigenvalues of the Laplacian and derive the ratios of lower order
eigenvalues of the Laplacian.Comment: 14 page