Eigenfunctions with Infinitely Many Isolated Critical Points

Lev Buhovsky*, Alexander Logunov, Mikhail Sodin

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Abstract

We construct a Riemannian metric on the 2D torus, such that for infinitely many eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, a corresponding eigenfunction has infinitely many isolated critical points. A minor modification of our construction implies that each of these eigenfunctions has a level set with infinitely many connected components (i.e., a linear combination of two eigenfunctions may have infinitely many nodal domains).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10100-10113
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Mathematics Research Notices
Volume2020
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme757585, 692616
European Research Council
Israel Science Foundation1380/13, 382/15, 2026/17

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