Riemannian manifolds with uniformly bounded eigenfunctions (Q1847887)

Let \(V_\lambda= \{\phi: \Delta\phi_\lambda= \lambda\phi_\lambda\}\) denote the \(\lambda\)-eigenspace for \(\lambda\) in the spectrum of the Laplacian on a compact Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\). Define \[ L^\infty(\lambda, g)= \sup_{\substack{ \phi\in V_\lambda\\ \|\phi\|_{L^2}= 1}} \|\phi\|_{L^\infty},\quad l^\infty(\lambda, g)= \inf_{\text{ONB}\{\phi_j\}\in V_\lambda} \Biggl(\sup_{j= 1,\dots,\dim V_\lambda}\|\phi_j\|_{L^\infty}\Biggr), \] where ONB denotes orthonormal basis. The aim of the article is to determine the \((M,g)\) for which \(l^\infty(\lambda, g)={\mathcal O}(1)\) and those for which \(L^\infty(\lambda, g)={\mathcal O}(1)\). It is found that for quantum completely integrable Laplacians under further suitable conditions the manifold \((M,g)\) is flat. Related questions for semiclassical Schrödinger operators \(\hbar^2\Delta+ V\) are analysed.