On logarithmic improvements of critical geodesic restriction bounds in the presence of nonpositive curvature (Q1650022)

On certain compact Riemannian manifolds with nonpositive curvature, the author proves \(L^p\) bounds on the restriction to any geodesic of any eigenfunction (or more generally of any function in any given spectral band). More precisely, he proves \(L^2\) bounds on compact surfaces with nonpositive curvature, and \(L^4\) bounds on constant negative curvature 3-manifolds. The author proves and makes essential use of a new expression for the third variation of arc length.