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Let $P$ be a bounded $n$-dimensional Lipschitz polytope, and let $\varphi_{\lambda}$ be a Dirichlet Laplace eigenfunction in $P$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda$. We show that the $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure of the nodal…

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Let $M$ be a compact, connected Riemannian manifold whose Riemannian volume measure is denoted by $\sigma$. Let $f: M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a non-constant eigenfunction of the Laplacian. The random wave conjecture suggests that in…

We discuss the asymptotic lower bound on the inner radius of nodal domains that arise from Laplacian eigenfunctions $ \phi_\lambda $ on a closed Riemannian manifold $ (M,g) $. First, in the real-analytic case we present an improvement of…

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We consider a Laplace eigenfunction $\varphi_\lambda$ on a smooth closed Riemannian manifold, that is, satisfying $-\Delta \varphi_\lambda = \lambda \varphi_\lambda$. We introduce several observations about the geometry of its vanishing…

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For $2\leq p<4$, we study the $L^p$ norms of restrictions of eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth compact $2$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. Burq, G\'erard, and Tzvetkov \cite{BurqGerardTzvetkov2007restrictions}, and…

Consider a bound state (an eigenfunction) $\psi$ of an atom with $N$ electrons. We study the spectra of the one-particle density matrix $\gamma$ and of the one-particle kinetic energy density matrix $\tau$ associated with $\psi$. The paper…

Let $M$ be a compact manifold with or without boundary and $H\subset M$ be a smooth, interior hypersurface. We study the restriction of Laplace eigenfunctions solving $(-h^2\Delta_g-1)u=0$ to $H$. In particular, we study the degeneration of…

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian surface. Consider a family of $L^2$ normalized Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions, written in the semiclassical form $-h_j^2\Delta_g \phi_{h_j} = \phi_{h_j}$, whose eigenvalues satisfy $h h_j^{-1} \in (1, 1…

We study the Dirichlet spectrum of the Laplace operator on geodesic balls centred at a pole of spherically symmetric manifolds. We first derive a Hadamard--type formula for the dependence of the first eigenvalue $\lambda_{1}$ on the radius…

We consider Gabor localization operators $G_{\phi,\Omega}$ defined by two parameters, the generating function $\phi$ of a tight Gabor frame $\{\phi_\lambda\}_{\lambda \in \Lambda}$, parametrized by the elements of a given lattice $\Lambda…

Let $\ncal_{\phi_{\lambda}}$ be the nodal hypersurface of a $\Delta$-eigenfunction $\phi_{\lambda}$ of eigenvalue $\lambda^2$ on a smooth Riemannian manifold. We prove the following lower bound for its surface measure:…

Given a negative plurisubharmonic function $\phi$ in a bounded pseudoconvex domain of ${\mathbb C}^n$, we introduce and study its residual function $g_\phi$ determined by the asymptotic behavior of $\phi$ near its singularity points, both…

The standard application of the Lehmann-Goerisch method for lower bounds on eigenvalues of symmetric elliptic second-order partial differential operators relies on determination of fluxes $\sigma_i$ that approximate co-gradients of exact…

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Let $\mathbb{M}$ be a compact $C^\infty$-smooth Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$, $n\geq 3$, and let $\varphi_\lambda: \Delta_M \varphi_\lambda + \lambda \varphi_\lambda = 0$ denote the Laplace eigenfunction on $\mathbb{M}$…

Let $(M,g)$ be an $n$-dimensional compact boudaryless Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature, then our conclusion is that we can give improved estimates for the $L^p$ norms of the restrictions of eigenfunctions to smooth…