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We consider the nodal domains of Gaussian random waves in two dimensions. We present a method to calculate the distribution of the number of nodal domains and the average connectivity with the help of auxiliary Potts-spins. An analytical…

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All the known counterexamples to Kac' famous question "can one hear the shape of a drum", i.e., does isospectrality of two Laplacians on domains imply that the domains are congruent, consist of pairs of domains composed of copies of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Wolfgang Arendt , James B. Kennedy

A Laplacian eigenfunction on a two-dimensional Riemannian manifold provides a natural partition into Neumann domains (a.k.a. a Morse--Smale complex). This partition is generated by gradient flow lines of the eigenfunction, which bound the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-22 Ram Band , Graham Cox , Sebastian Egger

We study the effects of a domain deformation to the nodal set of Laplacian eigenfunctions when the eigenvalue is degenerate. In particular, we study deformations of a rectangle that perturb one side and how they change the nodal sets…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Andrew Lyons

Let \phi\ be a Dirichlet or Neumann eigenfunction of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. We prove lower bounds for the size of the nodal set {\phi=0}.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Sinan Ariturk

We consider the spectrum of the Laplace operator on 3D rod structures, with a small cross section depending on a small parameter $\varepsilon$. The boundary conditions are of Dirichlet type on the basis of this structure and Neumann on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Pablo Benavent-Ocejo , Delfina Gómez , María-Eugenia Pérez-Martínez

It has been suggested that the distribution of the suitably normalized number of zeros of Laplacian eigenfunctions contains information about the geometry of the underlying domain. We study this distribution (more precisely, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 Lior Alon , Ram Band , Gregory Berkolaiko

We study the nodal set of the Steklov eigenfunctions on the boundary of a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ - the eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. Under the assumption that the domain $\Omega$ is $C^2$, we prove a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-19 Katarina Bellova , Fanghua Lin

We prove the existence of a countable family of Delaunay type domains \Omega_j in M^n x R, where M^n is the Riemannian manifold S^n or H^n and n is at least 2, bifurcating from the cylinder B^n x R (where B^n is a geodesic ball of radius 1…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-29 Filippo Morabito , Pieralberto Sicbaldi

It is an open problem in general to prove that there exists a sequence of $\Delta_g$-eigenfunctions $\phi_{j_k}$ on a Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$ for which the number $N(\phi_{j_k}) $ of nodal domains tends to infinity with the eigenvalue.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-26 Junehyuk Jung , Steve Zelditch

Given a compact manifold $\mathcal M$ with boundary of dimension $n\geq 3$ and any integers $K$ and $N$, we show that there exists a metric on $\mathcal M$ for which the first $K$ nonconstant eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Alberto Enciso , Angela Pistoia , Luigi Provenzano

Let M be a closed Riemannian manifold. We consider the inner radius of a nodal domain for a large eigenvalue \lambda. We give upper and lower bounds on the inner radius of the type C/\lambda^k. Our proof is based on a local behavior of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2008-05-11 Dan Mangoubi

Generalizing Courant's nodal domain theorem, the "Extended Courant property" is the statement that a linear combination of the first $n$ eigenfunctions has at most $n$ nodal domains. In a previous paper (Documenta Mathematica, 2018, Vol.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Pierre Bérard , Bernard Helffer

We investigate properties of the sequences of extremal values that could be achieved by the eigenvalues of the Laplacian on Euclidean domains of unit volume, under Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, respectively. In a second part,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-17 Bruno Colbois , Ahmad El Soufi

We prove the Pleijel theorem in non-collapsed RCD spaces, providing an asymptotic upper bound on the number of nodal domains of Laplacian eigenfunctions. As a consequence, we obtain that the Courant nodal domain theorem holds except at most…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Nicolò De Ponti , Sara Farinelli , Ivan Yuri Violo

We consider the real eigenfunctions of the Schr\"odinger operator on graphs, and count their nodal domains. The number of nodal domains fluctuates within an interval whose size equals the number of bonds $B$. For well connected graphs, with…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sven Gnutzmann , Uzy Smilansky , Joachim Weber

We prove that the nodal set (zero set) of a solution of a generalized Dirac equation on a Riemannian manifold has codimension 2 at least. If the underlying manifold is a surface, then the nodal set is discrete. We obtain a quick proof of…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Christian Baer

Recently, the nodal domain counts of planar, integrable billiards with Dirichlet boundary conditions were shown to satisfy certain difference equations in [Ann. Phys. 351, 1-12 (2014)]. The exact solutions of these equations give the number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-17 Naren Manjunath , Rhine Samajdar , Sudhir R. Jain

In this work we study the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues in one-dimensional open sets. The method of proof is rather elementary, based on the Dirichlet lattice points problem, which enable us to consider sets with infinite measure.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-06-15 J. Fernandez Bonder , J. P. Pinasco , A. M. Salort

Nodal domains are regions where a function has definite sign. In recent paper [nlin.CD/0109029] it is conjectured that the distribution of nodal domains for quantum eigenfunctions of chaotic systems is universal. We propose a…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Bogomolny , C. Schmit