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Geodesic bi-angles and Fourier coefficients of restrictions of eigenfunctions

Analysis of PDEs 2023-02-08 v2

Abstract

This article concerns joint asymptotics of Fourier coefficients of restrictions of Laplace eigenfunctions ϕj\phi_j of a compact Riemannian manifold to a submanifold HMH \subset M. We fix a number c(0,1)c \in (0,1) and study the asymptotics of the thin sums, Nϵ,Hc(λ):=j,λjλk:μkcλj<ϵHϕjψkdVH2 N^{c} _{\epsilon, H }(\lambda): = \sum_{j, \lambda_j \leq \lambda} \sum_{k: |\mu_k - c \lambda_j | < \epsilon} \left| \int_{H} \phi_j \overline{\psi_k}dV_H \right|^2 where {λj}\{\lambda_j\} are the eigenvalues of ΔM,\sqrt{-\Delta}_M, and {(μk,ψk)}\{(\mu_k, \psi_k)\} are the eigenvalues, resp. eigenfunctions, of ΔH\sqrt{-\Delta}_H. The inner sums represent the `jumps' of Nϵ,Hc(λ) N^{c} _{\epsilon, H }(\lambda) and reflect the geometry of geodesic c-bi-angles with one leg on HH and a second leg on MM with the same endpoints and compatible initial tangent vectors ξSHcM,πHξBH\xi \in S^c_H M, \pi_H \xi \in B^* H, where πHξ\pi_H \xi is the orthogonal projection of ξ\xi to HH. A c-bi-angle occurs when πHξξ=c\frac{|\pi_H \xi|}{|\xi|} = c. Smoothed sums in μk\mu_k are also studied, and give sharp estimates on the jumps. The jumps themselves may jump as ϵ\epsilon varies, at certain values of ϵ\epsilon related to periodicities in the c-bi-angle geometry. Subspheres of spheres and certain subtori of tori illustrate these jumps. The results refine those of the previous article (arXiv:2011.11571) where the inner sums run over k:μkλjcϵk: | \frac{\mu_k}{\lambda_j} - c| \leq \epsilon and where geodesic bi-angles do not play a role.

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@article{arxiv.2104.09470,
  title  = {Geodesic bi-angles and Fourier coefficients of restrictions of eigenfunctions},
  author = {Emmett Wyman and Yakun Xi and Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09470},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

51 pages. Referee's comments incorporated. To appear in Pure and Applied Analysis