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The inner radius of nodal domains in high dimensions

Analysis of PDEs 2024-06-06 v2 Differential Geometry Spectral Theory

Abstract

We prove that every nodal domain of an eigenfunction of the Laplacian of eigenvalue λ\lambda on a dd-dimensional closed Riemannian manifold contains a ball of radius cλ1/2(logλ)(d2)/2c\lambda^{-1/2}(\log\lambda)^{-(d-2)/2}. This ball is centered at a point at which the eigenfunction attains its maximum in absolute value within the nodal domain.

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@article{arxiv.2306.00159,
  title  = {The inner radius of nodal domains in high dimensions},
  author = {Philippe Charron and Dan Mangoubi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.00159},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages. v2: Presentation of proof of main theorem significantly simplified following Sasha Logunov's suggestion