Smoothness and positivity conjecture for band-limited nodal-area distributions

Let f=fα;Tf=f_{\alpha;T} be a band-limited Gaussian function on an nn-dimensional compact manifold, with n2n\geq 2 and α1\alpha\leq 1, and let Ψn;α\Psi_{n;\alpha} be the limiting distribution function for normalized nodal-domain volumes. For α=1\alpha=1, let t0=πn/2Γ(n/2+1)jn/21,1nt_0=\frac{\pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma(n/2+1)}j^n_{n/2-1,1}, where jn/21,1j_{n/2-1,1} is the first zero of the Bessel function Jn/21J_{n/2-1}. Smoothness and positivity conjecture. The function Ψn;α\Psi_{n;\alpha} is continuous and everywhere differentiable. For α<1\alpha<1, its derivative satisfies dΨn;α(t)dt>0\frac{d\Psi_{n;\alpha}(t)}{dt}>0 everywhere, whereas for α=1\alpha=1 the same inequality holds for t>t0t>t_0. This conjecture predicts that the limiting nodal-volume distribution has no atoms and a strictly positive density throughout its support, with the stated threshold in the monochromatic case.

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Dmitry Beliaev and Igor Wigman, “Volume distribution of nodal domains of random band-limited functions”, arXiv:1606.05766 (2016).

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