Neumann disk eigenfunction growth conjecture for γ1\gamma\geq1

Let Fn,mNF^N_{n,m} be the L2L^2-normalized eigenfunctions of the Neumann Laplace operator on the unit disk, with eigenvalues λn,mN\lambda^N_{n,m}. For a subsequence with γl=logmllognlγ\gamma_l=\frac{\log m_l}{\log n_l}\to\gamma, define ϕN(γ)\phi^N(\gamma) as in the Dirichlet case, replacing Fn,mF_{n,m} and λn,m\lambda_{n,m} by Fn,mNF^N_{n,m} and λn,mN\lambda^N_{n,m}. Neumann disk growth conjecture. If γ1\gamma\geq1, then

ϕN(γ)=1416γ.\phi^N(\gamma)=\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{6\gamma}.

The conjecture is based on numerical simulations. The paper establishes only the lower bound ϕN(γ)112\phi^N(\gamma)\geq\frac{1}{12} for γ1\gamma\geq1 and states that no precise formula was obtained for γ>3\gamma>3, so the conjecture remains open.

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Guillaume Lavoie and Guillaume Poliquin, “Growth rates of Laplace eigenfunctions on the unit disk”, arXiv:2003.12592 (2020).

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