Eigenfunctions with prescribed nodal sets

DOI10.4310/JDG/1442364650zbMATH Open1328.53046arXiv1404.1039OpenAlexW2963491810WikidataQ115167660 ScholiaQ115167660MaRDI QIDQ892746FDOQ892746

Authors: Alberto Enciso, Daniel Peralta-Salas 

Publication date: 12 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the problem of prescribing the nodal set of low-energy eigenfunctions of the Laplacian. Our main result is that, given any separating closed hypersurface Sigma in a compact n-manifold M, there is a Riemannian metric on M such that the nodal set of its first nontrivial eigenfunction is Sigma. We present a number of variations on this result, which enable us to show, in particular, that the first nontrivial eigenfunction can have as many non-degenerate critical points as one wishes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.1039

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplaciannon-degenerate critical pointsfirst nontrivial eigenfunctionlow-energy eigenfunctions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

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