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Expected values of eigenfunction periods

Analysis of PDEs 2014-01-09 v1 Probability Spectral Theory

Abstract

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact Riemannian surface. Consider a family of L2L^2 normalized Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions, written in the semiclassical form hj2Δgϕhj=ϕhj-h_j^2\Delta_g \phi_{h_j} = \phi_{h_j}, whose eigenvalues satisfy hhj1(1,1+hD]h h_j^{-1} \in (1, 1 + hD] for D>0D>0 a large enough constant. Let Ph\mathbf{P}_h be a uniform probability measure on the L2L^2 unit-sphere ShS_h of this cluster of eigenfunctions and take uShu \in S_h. Given a closed curve γM\gamma \subset M, there exists C1(γ,M),C2(γ,M)>0C_{1}(\gamma, M), C_{2}(\gamma, M) > 0 and h0>0h_0>0 such that for all h(0,h0],h \in (0, h_0], \begin{equation*} C_1 h^{1/2} \leq \mathbf{E}_{h} \bigg[ \big| \int_{\gamma} u \, d \sigma \big| \bigg] \leq C_2 h^{1/2} . \end{equation*} This result contrasts the deterministic O(1)\mathcal{O}(1) upperbounds obtained by Chen-Sogge \cite{CS}, Reznikov \cite{Rez}, and Zelditch \cite{Zel}. Furthermore, we treat the higher dimensional cases and compute large deviation estimates. Under a measure zero assumption on the periodic geodesics in SMS^*M, we can consider windows of small width D=1D=1 and establish a O(h1/2)\mathcal{O}(h^{1/2}) estimate. Lastly, we treat probabilistic LqL^q restriction bounds along curves.

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@article{arxiv.1401.1710,
  title  = {Expected values of eigenfunction periods},
  author = {Suresh Eswarathasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.1710},
  year   = {2014}
}

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14 pages

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