Fiber Brownian motion and the ``hot spots'' problem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Fiber Brownian motion and the ``hot spots'' problem
zbMATH Open document ID: 1006.60078
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-00-10512-1
author: Richard F. Bass
author: K. Burdzy
published in: Duke Mathematical Journal
publication date: 2002-10-27T00:00:00Z
review text: This article is devoted to the proof of the following negative answer to the so-called ``hot spots'' conjecture: There exists a bounded Lipschitz domain in the plane such that its second Neumann eigenvalue is simple, and both extrema of the corresponding eigenfunction are attained only at interior points of the domain. The domain taken as counterexample is made of two disjoint triangles whose vertices are connected by very thin tubes. The idea (coming from W. Werner) is that if a triangle is warm and the other is cold, then the centers of these triangles should remain respectively the warmest and coldest points of this domain. To proceed, a reflected Brownian motion is run in this domain, and is approximated by a ``fiber Brownian motion'', corresponding to the domain modified by replacing the thin tubes by an uncountable collection of fibers. Such fiber process switches between 1- and 2-dimensional Brownian motions, and yields an approximation of the spectral theory of the domain considered. A lot of delicate technicity is necessry to achieve the arguments.
reviewed by: Jacques Franchi
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60J65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35P99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B38
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60J45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60J60
zbMATH DE Number: 1820753
zbMATH Keywords: second Neumann eigenfunction
zbMATH Keywords: reflected Brownian motion
zbMATH Keywords: fiber Brownian motion
zbMATH Keywords: coupling method
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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