Local weak limits of Laplace eigenfunctions

A Local Volume Estimate for Nodal Domains of Laplace Eigenfunctions

Let M either be a closed real analytic Riemannian manifold or a closed C∞-Riemannian surface. We estimate from below the volume of a nodal domain component in an arbitrary ball, provided that this component enters the ball deeply enough. The proof combines a generalized form of Hadamard’s Three Circles Theorem due to Nadirashvili, Rapid Growth of Eigenfunctions in Narrow Domains and the Donnell...

Eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator

The study of the Laplace operator and its corresponding eigenvalue problem is crucial to understand the foundations of 3D shape analysis. For that reason the most important mathematical properties of the Laplace operator in Euclidean spaces, its eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are summarized and explained in this report. The basic definitions and concepts of infinite dimensional function spaces,...

Zeros of real analytic ergodic Laplace eigenfunctions

Heat Kernel Smoothing Using Laplace-Beltrami Eigenfunctions

We present a novel surface smoothing framework using the Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions. The Green's function of an isotropic diffusion equation on a manifold is constructed as a linear combination of the Laplace-Beltraimi operator. The Green's function is then used in constructing heat kernel smoothing. Unlike many previous approaches, diffusion is analytically represented as a series expansi...

Geodesics and Nodal Sets of Laplace Eigenfunctions on Hyperbolic Manifolds

Let X be a manifold equipped with a complete Riemannian metric of constant negative curvature and finite volume. We demonstrate the finiteness of the collection of totally geodesic immersed hypersurfaces in X that lie in the zero-level set of an arbitrary Laplace eigenfunction. For surfaces, we show that the number can be bounded just in terms of the area of the surface. We also provide constru...