The gradient estimate of a Neumann eigenfunction on a compact manifold with boundary

Abstract: Let

e_{l} (x)

be a Neumann eigenfunction with respect to the positive Laplacian

D e l t a

on a compact Riemannian manifold

M

with boundary such that

D e l t a, e_{l} = l^{2} e_{l}

in the interior of

M

and the normal derivative of

e_{l}

vanishes on the boundary of

M

. Let

c h i_{l} a m b d a

be the unit band spectral projection operator associated with the Neumann Laplacian and

f

a square integrable function on

M

. We show the following gradient estimate for

c h i_{l} a m b d a, f

as

l a m b d a g e q 1

:

| a b l a c h i_{l} f |_{i} n f t y l e q C l | c h i_{l} f |_{i} n f t y + l^{- 1} | D e l t a c h i_{l} f |_{i} n f t y

, where

C

is a positive constant depending only on

M

. As a corollary, we obtain the gradient estimate of

e_{l}

: for every

l g e q 1

, there holds

| a b l a e_{l} |_{i} n f t y l e q C, l, | e_{l} |_{i} n f t y

.

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