Intersection bounds for nodal sets of planar Neumann eigenfunctions with interior analytic curves

Abstract: Let

O m e g a s u b s e t R^{2}

be a bounded piecewise smooth domain and

p h i_{l} a m b d a

be a Neumann (or Dirichlet) eigenfunction with eigenvalue

l a m b d a^{2}

and nodal set

N_{p h i_{l a m b d a}} = x i n O m e g a; p h i_{l a m b d a} (x) = 0 .

Let

H s u b s e t O m e g a

be an interior

C^{o m e g a}

curve. Consider the intersection number

n(lambda,H):= # (H cap N_{phi_{lambda}} ).

We first prove that for general piecewise-analytic domains, and under an appropriate "goodness" condition on

H

,

n(lambda,H) = {mathcal O}_H(lambda) (*)

as

l a m b d a i g h t a r r o w i n f t y .

We then prove that the bound in

(*)

is satisfied in the case of quantum ergodic (QE) sequences of interior eigenfunctions, provided

O m e g a

is convex and

H

has strictly positive geodesic curvature.

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