Lipschitz nodal-set conjecture for Neumann eigenfunctions on symmetric convex bodies

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Let Ω⊂Rn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n be bounded, open, convex, and symmetric, and let uu be a Neumann eigenfunction with the least non-zero eigenvalue. Lipschitz nodal-set conjecture. There are suitable coordinates and a Lipschitz function φ:Rn−1→R\varphi:\mathbb{R}^{n-1}\to\mathbb{R} such that

{x∈Ω:u(x)=0}={(x′,xn)∈Ω:xn=φ(x′)},∣∇φ∣≤cn.\{x\in\Omega:u(x)=0\}=\{(x',x_n)\in\Omega:x_n=\varphi(x')\},\qquad |\nabla\varphi|\le c_n.

This quantitative nodal-set statement is proposed as an ingredient for a continuity argument proving the hot spots conjecture; the source presents it as open and notes that quantitative control is needed near the extrema.

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Primary source

David Jerison, “The Two Hyperplane Conjecture”, arXiv:1809.10759 (2019).

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