Non-concentration estimates for Laplace eigenfunctions on compact $C^{\infty}$ manifolds with boundary
Abstract
Let be an -dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, and consider -normalized eigenfunctions with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions . In this note, we extend well-known interior nonconcentration bounds up to the boundary. Specifically, in Theorem \ref{thm1}, using purely stationary local methods, we prove that for such it follows that for {\em any} (including boundary points) and for all with sufficiently large constant \begin{equation} \label{nonconbdy} \| \phi_\lambda \|_{B(x_0,\mu)\cap \Omega}^2 = O(\mu). \end{equation} In Theorem \ref{thm2} we extend a result of Sogge \cite{So} to manifolds with smooth boundary and show that \begin{equation} \label{SUPBD} \| \phi_\lambda \|_{L^\infty(\Omega)} \leq C \lambda^{\frac{n}{2}} \cdot \Big( \sup_{x \in \Omega} \| \phi_{\lambda} \|_{L^2( B(x,\lambda^{-1}) \cap \Omega )} \Big). \end{equation} The sharp sup bounds for Dirichlet or Neumann eigenfunctions proved by Grieser in \cite{Gr} are then an immediate consequence of Theorems \ref{thm1} and \ref{thm2}.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2412.17935,
title = {Non-concentration estimates for Laplace eigenfunctions on compact $C^{\infty}$ manifolds with boundary},
author = {Hans Christianson and John A. Toth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.17935},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
This version fixes a mistake in the first version, and as a consequence the authors assume higher regularity of the boundary