On the integrability of eigenfunctions of the Laplace--Beltrami operator in the unit ball of \({\mathbb C}^n\) (Q1349058)

Let \(B_n\) be the unit ball in \(\mathbb{C}^n\) with the Bergman metric and denote by \(\tau, \widetilde\nabla\) and \(\widetilde\Delta\) the associated volume, gradient and Laplacian. Set \(L^p_\gamma = \{f : B_n \to \mathbb{C}: \|f\|_{p,\gamma} < \infty\}\), where \(\|f\|_{p,\gamma} = \int_{B_n} (1-|z|^2)^\gamma |f(z)|^p \tau(dz)\), denote by \(\mathcal{D}_\gamma^p\) the Dirichlet space of all \(C^1\)-functions on \(B_n\) with \(\widetilde\nabla f\in L^p_\gamma\), and let \(X_\lambda\) be the eigenspace for \(\widetilde\Delta\) with eigenvalue \(\lambda\). As usual, \(f\) is \(\mathcal{M}\)-harmonic, if \(\widetilde \Delta f = 0\). The author shows that for \(p\in (0,\infty)\) and \(\mathbb{R}\ni\lambda\geq -n^2\) the space \(L^p_\gamma \cap X_\lambda = \{0\}\) if either \(p\in [1,\infty)\) and \(\gamma\leq n + \frac{p}{2}(\sqrt{n^2+\lambda}-n)\) or \(p \in (0,1)\) and \(\gamma\leq \frac{p}{2}(n+\sqrt{n^2+\lambda})\). Since for \(\lambda\neq 0\) one has \(\mathcal{D}_\gamma^p \cap X_\lambda = L^p_\gamma \cap X_\lambda\) (shown in the paper), the same conclusion holds for \(\mathcal{D}_\gamma^p\) and \(\lambda\neq 0\). Using examples furnished by radial functions, this result turns out to be sharp if \(p\geq n/(n+\sqrt{n^2+\lambda})\). Other results include that, for small enough \(\gamma\), all nonnegative \(f\in L^p_\gamma \cap X_\lambda\) on \(B\) are already \(\equiv 0\). Moreover, \(\mathcal D^p_\gamma(B_1)\) (i.e., \(n=1\)) contains non-constant (\(\mathcal{M}\)-)harmonic constants if, and only if, \(\gamma > 1-p\) while for \(n\geq 2\) the \(\mathcal{M}\)-harmonic functions in the space \(\mathcal{D}_\gamma^p(B_n)\) are just the constants if \(\gamma\) is sufficiently small.