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The "Hot Spots" Conjecture on the Vicsek Set

Functional Analysis 2019-01-04 v2

Abstract

We prove the Hot Spot conjecture on the Vicsek set. Specifically, we show that every eigenfunction of the second smallest eigenvalue of the Neumann Laplacian on the Vicsek set attains its maximum and minimum on the boundary.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1806.05275,
  title  = {The "Hot Spots" Conjecture on the Vicsek Set},
  author = {Marius Ionescu and Thomas L. Savage},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.05275},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

We made changes suggested by the anonymous referee and editors. The paper is accepted for publication in the Special Issue on Harmonic Analysis: Smooth and Non-Smooth, Demonstratio Mathematica

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