On topological upper-bounds on the number of small cuspidal eigenvalues of hyperbolic surfaces of finite area

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNV092MaRDI QIDQ3466429zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sugata Mondal

Publication date 1 February 2016

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1076

zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic surfacemoduli spacesmall cuspidal eigenvalues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic functions on Riemann surfaces (30F15) General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs (35P05) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

Abstract: Let $S$ be a noncompact, finite area hyperbolic surface of type $(g,n)$. Let $Delt{a}_S$ denote the Laplace operator on $S$. As $S$ varies over the {it moduli space} $mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ of finite area hyperbolic surfaces of type $(g,n)$, we study, adapting methods of Lizhen Ji cite{Ji} and Scott Wolpert cite{Wo}, the behavior of {it small cuspidal eigenpairs} of $Delt{a}_S$. In Theorem 2 we describe limiting behavior of these eigenpairs on surfaces $S_{m}inmathcal{M}_{g,n}$ when $(S_m)$ converges to a point in $overlinemathcal{M}_{g,n}$. Then we consider the $i$-th {it cuspidal eigenvalue}, $lambd{a}_i^c(S)$, of $Sinmathcal{M}_{g,n}$. Since {it non-cuspidal} eigenfunctions ({it residual eigenfunctions} or {it generalized eigenfunctions}) may converge to cuspidal eigenfunctions, it is not known if $lambd{a}_i^c(S)$ is a continuous function. However, applying Theorem 2 we prove that, for all $kgeq2g-2$, the sets ${\displaystyle }${{mathcal{C}_{g, n}^{frac{1}{4}}}}(k)= { S in {mathcal{M}_{g, n}}: {lambda_k^c}(S) > frac{1}{4} }${\displaystyle }$ are open and contain a neighborhood of $cu{p}_{i=1}^{n}mathcal{M}_{0,3}cupmathcal{M}_{g-1,2}$ in $overlinemathcal{M}_{g,n}$. Moreover, using topological properties of nodal sets of {it small eigenfunctions} from cite{O}, we show that $mathcal{C}_{g,n}^{frac14}(2g-1)$ contains a neighborhood of $mathcal{M}_{0,n+1}cupmathcal{M}_{g,1}$ in $overlinemathcal{M}_{g,n}$. These results provide evidence in support of a conjecture of Otal-Rosas cite{O-R}.

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