On a Bernstein inequality for eigenfunctions

Abstract: Let

v a r p h i_{l a m b d a}

be an eigenfunction of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold

(M, g)

, i.e.,

D e l t a_{g} v a r p h i_{l a m b d a} + l a m b d a v a r p h i_{l a m b d a} = 0

. We show that

v a r p h i_{l a m b d a}

satisfies a local Bernstein inequality, namely for any geodesic ball

B_{g} (x, r)

in

M

there holds:

s u p_{B_{g} (x, r)} | a b l a v a r p h i_{l a m b d a} | l e q C_{d e l t a} m a x l e f t f r a c s q r t l a m b d a l o g^{2 + d e l t a} l a m b d a r, l a m b d a l o g^{2 + d e l t a} l a m b d a i g h t s u p_{B_{g} (x, r)} | v a r p h i_{l a m b d a} |

. We also prove analogous inequalities for solutions of elliptic PDEs in terms of the frequency function.

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