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Trace and Observability Inequalities for Laplace Eigenfunctions on the Torus

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-23 v1 Mathematical Physics Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Number Theory Spectral Theory

Abstract

We investigate trace and observability inequalities for Laplace eigenfunctions on the d-dimensional torus, with respect to arbitrary Borel measures μ\mu. Specifically, we characterize the measures μ\mu for which the inequalities u2dμu2dx(trace),u2dμu2dx(observability) \int |u|^2 d \mu \lesssim \int |u|^2 d x \quad \text{(trace)}, \qquad \int |u|^2 d \mu \gtrsim \int |u|^2 d x \quad \text{(observability)} hold uniformly for all eigenfunctions uu of the Laplacian. Sufficient conditions are derived based on the integrability and regularity of μ\mu, while necessary conditions are formulated in terms of the dimension of the support of the measure. These results generalize classical theorems of Zygmund and Bourgain--Rudnick to higher dimensions. Applications include results in the spirit of Cantor--Lebesgue theorems, constraints on quantum limits, and control theory for the Schr\"odinger equation. Our approach combines several tools: the cluster structure of lattice points on spheres; decoupling estimates; and the construction of eigenfunctions exhibiting strong concentration or vanishing behavior, tailored respectively to the trace and observability inequalities.

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@article{arxiv.2507.16599,
  title  = {Trace and Observability Inequalities for Laplace Eigenfunctions on the Torus},
  author = {Nicolas Burq and Pierre Germain and Massimo Sorella and Hui Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.16599},
  year   = {2025}
}

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22 pages

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