Almost all eigenfunctions of a rational polygon are uniformly distributed

Jens Marklof; Zeév Rudnick

doi:10.4171/JST/23

Almost all eigenfunctions of a rational polygon are uniformly distributed

Jens Marklof, Zeév Rudnick

School of Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

We consider an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet Laplacian for a rational polygon. The modulus squared of the eigenfunctions defines a sequence of probability measures. We prove that this sequence contains a density-one subsequence that converges to Lebesgue measure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-113
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Spectral Theory
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4171/JST/23
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Billiards in rational polygons
Pseudo-integrable systems
Quantum ergodicity

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