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Sup norms of Cauchy data of eigenfunctions on manifolds with concave boundary

Analysis of PDEs 2017-09-25 v2

Abstract

We prove that the Cauchy data of Dirichlet or Neumann Δ\Delta- eigenfunctions of Riemannian manifolds with concave (diffractive) boundary can only achieve maximal sup norm bounds if there exists a self-focal point on the boundary, i.e. a point at which a positive measure of geodesics leaving the point return to the point. As an application, the Dirichlet or Neumann eigenfunctions of Riemannian manifolds with concave boundary and non-positive curvature never have eigenfunctions whose boundary traces achieve maximal sup norm bounds.

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@article{arxiv.1411.1035,
  title  = {Sup norms of Cauchy data of eigenfunctions on manifolds with concave boundary},
  author = {C. D. Sogge and S. Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.1035},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This result is used in the article arXiv:1401.4520 of the second author with J.Jung on counting nodal domains on surfaces of non-positive curvature and concave boundary