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Uncertainty principles and singular potentials

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2026-04-20 v1 Analysis of PDEs Spectral Theory

Abstract

We establish uncertainty principles on compact Riemannian manifolds without boundary in the setting of Laplace-Beltrami operators, including the case of real-valued singular potentials. We replace the classical homogeneity assumption by a quantitative spectral condition and obtain corresponding stability versions of uncertainty inequalities. In particular, we prove that (1ϵϵ)2EM#XSsupxEAS(x)#XSM, (1-\epsilon-\epsilon')^2 \leq \frac{|E|}{|M|}\cdot \# X_S \cdot \sup_{x\in E} \frac{A_S(x)}{\frac{\# X_S}{|M|}}, which recovers the classical bound in the homogeneous case, quantifies its deterioration in the presence of spectral inhomogeneity, and is shown to be sharp in general. In {\it dimension one}, we show that the homogeneity condition holds automatically, and we complement this rigidity by incorporating Fourier-ratio complexity bounds, yielding a quantitative relationship between spectral complexity and spatial support. In higher dimensions, we derive analogous results using pointwise Weyl laws and the eigenfunction restriction estimates on submanifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2604.15442,
  title  = {Uncertainty principles and singular potentials},
  author = {A. Iosevich and C. Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.15442},
  year   = {2026}
}
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