The nodal-line conjecture for the second Cauchy-process eigenfunction

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Let D⊂R2D\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a convex domain symmetric with respect to both coordinate axes. Let λn\lambda_n and φn\varphi_n be the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Cauchy process killed upon exiting DD. A nodal line is the zero set of an eigenfunction in DD. Nodal-line conjecture. There exists an eigenfunction corresponding to λ2\lambda_2 whose nodal line lies on one of the coordinate axes. The source explains that, unlike the Brownian case, the location of the nodal line is not known even for a disk or rectangle, which motivates this conjecture.

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Rodrigo Banuelos and Tadeusz Kulczycki, “Eigenvalue gaps for the Cauchy process and a Poincaré inequality”, arXiv:math/0408267 (2004).

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