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Restriction of eigenfunctions to totally geodesic submanifolds

Analysis of PDEs 2022-06-14 v1

Abstract

This article is about two types of restrictions of eigenfunctions ϕj\phi_j on a compact Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M,g): First, we restrict to a submanifold HMH \subset M, and expand the restriction γHϕj\gamma_H \phi_j in eigenfunctions eke_k of HH. We then Fourier restrict γHϕj\gamma_H \phi_j to a short interval of eigenvalues of HH. Laplace eigenvalues of MM are denoted λj2\lambda_j^2 and those of HH are denoted μk2\mu_k^2. The Fourier coefficients are negligible unless the HH- eigenvalues lie in the interval μk[λj,λj]\mu_k \in [-\lambda_j, \lambda_j]. The short windows have the form μkcλj<ϵ|\mu_k - c \lambda_j| < \epsilon. The goal is to obtain asymptotics and estimates of the Fourier coefficients of γHϕj\gamma_H \phi_j and to see how they vary with cc. In prior work with E. L. Wyman and Y. Xi, we obtained asymptotics for sums over (μk,λj)(\mu_k, \lambda_j) in such windows for 0<c<10 < c < 1. In this article, we obtain `edge' asymptotics when c=1c=1 and HH is totally geodesic. The order of magnitude and leading coefficient are very different from the case c<1c<1. In particular, they depend on the dimension of HH. We explain how to bridge the bulk results and edge results.

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@article{arxiv.2206.05574,
  title  = {Restriction of eigenfunctions to totally geodesic submanifolds},
  author = {Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.05574},
  year   = {2022}
}