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Log-Concavity of the First Eigenfunction on Horoconvex Domains in the Hyperbolic Plane

Differential Geometry 2026-07-29 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let ΩH2\Omega\subset\mathbb H^2 be a bounded smooth horoconvex domain and let ψ1>0\psi_1>0 be its first Dirichlet eigenfunction. We prove that HessH2(logψ1)>0 \operatorname{Hess}_{\mathbb H^2}(-\log\psi_1)>0 throughout Ω\Omega, with no restriction on the diameter or the first eigenvalue. The proof is by contradiction. A degenerate Hessian would yield a shifted translation Killing derivative with a singular interior zero. Then the boundary-zero theorem of Grossi and Provenzano shows that the shifted Killing derivative has exactly two zeros on the boundary. A nodal-domain argument on the surface rules this out.

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@article{arxiv.2607.27120,
  title  = {Log-Concavity of the First Eigenfunction on Horoconvex Domains in the Hyperbolic Plane},
  author = {Xianzhe Dai and John M. Ennis and Xuan Hien Nguyen and Guofang Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.27120},
  year   = {2026}
}

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