Multiplicity bounds for Steklov eigenvalues on Riemannian surfaces

DOI10.5802/AIF.2918MaRDI QIDQ486849zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mikhail Karpukhin, Gerasim Kokarev, Iosif Polterovich

Publication date 16 January 2015

Published in Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4869, http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.5802/aif.2918/

eigenvalue multiplicity nodal graphs nodal sets, nodal domains Riemannian surface Steklov problem

Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) PDEs on manifolds (35R01) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

Abstract: We prove two explicit bounds for the multiplicities of Steklov eigenvalues

s i g m a_{k}

on compact surfaces with boundary. One of the bounds depends only on the genus of a surface and the index

k

of an eigenvalue, while the other depends as well on the number of boundary components. We also show that on any given smooth Riemannian surface with boundary, the multiplicities of Steklov eigenvalues

s i g m a_{k}

are uniformly bounded in

k

.

Review text

Let \((M,g)\) be a compact connected Riemannian surface with a non empty boundary \(\partial M\), \(\rho(x)\) a bounded density on \(\partial M\). The Steklov eigenvalues \((\sigma_k(g,\rho))_{k\geq0}\) are given through the min-max principle applied to the Rayleigh quotient \(\int_M|\nabla u|^2d\text{vol}_g/\int_{\partial M}u^2\rho ds_g\). Let \(m_k(g,\rho)\) be the multiplicity of the eigenvalue \(\sigma_k(g,\rho)\). The main result of this paper is the general eigenvalue multiplicities bound \[ m_k(g,\rho)\leq 2(2-\chi)+\min(2(k-\ell)+1, k),\quad k\geq1 \] where \(\chi\) is the Euler-Poincaré number for \(M\) and \(\ell\) is the number of connected components of the boundary \(\partial M\). The sharp or non sharp character of these bounds are discussed : if \(M\) is not homeomorphic to the disk, the authors prove the strict inequality \(m_k(g,\rho)< 2(2-\chi)+k\) for \(k\geq1\). Moreover, when the function \(\rho\) is smooth and positive, the authors prove the uniform bound \(\sup_{k\geq1}m_k(g,\rho)<\infty\) as a consequence of the spectral asymptotics of pseudo-differential operators. The proofs are mainly based on the Courant's nodal domain theorem and isotopy arguments, according to the method introduced by \textit{S.-Y. Cheng} [Comment. Math. Helv. 51, 43--55 (1976; Zbl 0334.35022)] to prove multiplicity bounds \(m_k(g)\leq 2(2-\chi)+2k+1\) for compact closed Riemannian surfaces (see \textit{G. Besson} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 30, No. 1, 109--128 (1980; Zbl 0417.30033)] and \textit{N. Nadirashvili} [Math. USSR Sb. 61, No. 1, 225--238 (1988; Zbl 0672.35049)] for improvements).

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