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Concentration of the first eigenfunction for a second order elliptic operator

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We study the semi-classical limits of the first eigenfunction of a positive second order operator on a compact Riemannian manifold when the diffusion constant ϵ\epsilon goes to zero. We assume that the first order term is given by a vector field bb, whose recurrent components are either hyperbolic points or cycles or two dimensional torii. The limits of the normalized eigenfunctions concentrate on the recurrent sets of maximal dimension where the topological pressure \cite{Kifer90} is attained. On the cycles and torii, the limit measures are absolutely continuous with respect to the invariant probability measure on these sets. We have determined these limit measures, using a blow-up analysis.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0506059,
  title  = {Concentration of the first eigenfunction for a second order elliptic operator},
  author = {D. Holcman and I. Kupka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0506059},
  year   = {2007}
}

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