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Delocalisation of eigenfunctions on large genus random surfaces

Spectral Theory 2021-04-26 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Probability

Abstract

We prove that eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a compact hyperbolic surface delocalise in terms of a geometric parameter dependent upon the number of short closed geodesics on the surface. In particular, we show that an L2L^2 normalised eigenfunction restricted to a measurable subset of the surface has squared L2L^2-norm ε>0\varepsilon>0, only if the set has a relatively large size -- exponential in the geometric parameter. For random surfaces with respect to the Weil-Petersson probability measure, we then show, with high probability as gg\to\infty, that the size of the set must be at least the genus of the surface to some power dependent upon the eigenvalue and ε\varepsilon.

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@article{arxiv.2002.01403,
  title  = {Delocalisation of eigenfunctions on large genus random surfaces},
  author = {Joe Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.01403},
  year   = {2021}
}

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20 pages, Accepted for publication in Israel Journal of Mathematics

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