Weyl formula for the eigenvalues of the dissipative acoustic operator

Based on lectures given at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Johns Hopkins University, this book introduces eigenfunctions on Riemannian manifolds. The book gives a proof of the sharp Weyl formula for the distribution of eigenvalues of Laplace–Beltrami operators, as well as an improved version of the Weyl formula, the Duistermaat-Guillemin theorem under natural assumptions on the geodesic flow. The book shows that there is quantum ergodicity of eigenfunctions if the geodesic flow is ergodic. It begins with a treatment of the Hadamard parametrix before proving the first main result, the sharp Weyl formula. The book avoids the use of Tauberian estimates and instead relies on sup-norm estimates for eigenfunctions. It also gives a rapid introduction to the stationary phase and the basics of the theory of pseudodifferential operators and microlocal analysis. These are used to prove the Duistermaat-Guillemin theorem. Turning to the related topic of quantum ergodicity, the book demonstrates that if the long-term geodesic flow is uniformly distributed, most eigenfunctions exhibit a similar behavior, in the sense that their mass becomes equidistributed as their frequencies go to infinity.

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Improved spectral asymptotics and periodic geodesics

10.23943/princeton/9780691160757.003.0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher D. Sogge

Keyword(s):

Geodesic Flow ◽

Measure Zero ◽

Pseudodifferential Operators ◽

Spectral Asymptotics ◽

Weyl Formula ◽

Norm Estimates ◽

Spectral Bands

This chapter proves an improved Weyl formula under the assumption that the set of periodic geodesics for (M,g) has measure zero. It then shows trace estimates associated with shrinking spectral bands, details and proves a lemma, and gives a related generalization of the Weyl formula from Chapter 3 that involves pseudodifferential operators. The chapter then proves its main result by using a version of the Duistermaat-Guillemin theorem, which allows the use of the Hadamard parametrix and the arguments from Chapter 3. To conclude, the chapter shows that one can improve the sup-norm estimates from Chapter 3 if one assumes a condition on the geodesic flow that is similar to a hypothesis laid out in the Duistermaat-Guillemin theorem.

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Remarks on interior transmission eigenvalues, Weyl formula and branching billiards

Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical ◽

10.1088/1751-8113/45/12/125202 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 45 (12) ◽

pp. 125202 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

E Lakshtanov ◽

B Vainberg

Keyword(s):

Transmission Eigenvalues ◽

Weyl Formula

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