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On nodal sets and nodal domains on S^2 and R^2

Spectral Theory 2012-02-07 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We discuss possible topological configurations of nodal sets, in particular the number of their components, for spherical harmonics on S^2. We also construct a solution of the equation Delta u=u in R^2 that has only two nodal domains. This equation arises in the study of high energy eigenfunctions.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611627,
  title  = {On nodal sets and nodal domains on S^2 and R^2},
  author = {Alexandre Eremenko and Dmitry Jakobson and Nikolai Nadirashvili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611627},
  year   = {2012}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures