Mathematics – Analysis of PDEs
Scientific paper
2009-11-23
Current Developments in Mathematics 2009, p. 115- 202
Mathematics
Analysis of PDEs
Preliminary version of lecture notes for the 2009 Current Developments in Mathematics
Scientific paper
This is a survey of recent results on quantum ergodicity, specifically on the large energy limits of matrix elements relative to eigenfunctions of the Laplacian. It is mainly devoted to QUE (quantum unique ergodicity) results, i.e. results on the possible existence of a sparse subsequence of eigenfunctions with anomalous concentration. We cover the lower bounds on entropies of quantum limit measures due to Anantharaman, Nonnenmacher, and Rivi\`ere on compact Riemannian manifolds with Anosov flow. These lower bounds give new constraints on the possible quantum limits. We also cover the non-QUE result of Hassell in the case of the Bunimovich stadium. We include some discussion of Hecke eigenfunctions and recent results of Soundararajan completing Lindenstrauss' QUE result, in the context of matrix elements for Fourier integral operators. Finally, in answer to the potential question `why study matrix elements' it presents an application of the author to the geometry of nodal sets.
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