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Almost all eigenfunctions of a rational polygon are uniformly distributed

Mathematical Physics 2011-12-06 v2 math.MP Spectral Theory Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We consider an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet Laplacian for a rational polygon. The modulus squared of the eigenfunctions defines a sequence of probability measures. We prove that this sequence contains a density-one subsequence that converges to Lebesgue measure.

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@article{arxiv.1111.3583,
  title  = {Almost all eigenfunctions of a rational polygon are uniformly distributed},
  author = {Jens Marklof and Zeev Rudnick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3583},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages, to appear in Journal of Spectral Theory

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