Lower bounds for Steklov eigenfunctions

Abstract

Let $(\Omega ,g)$ be a compact, analytic Riemannian manifold with analytic boundary $\partial \Omega =M.$ We give $L^2$-lower bounds for Steklov eigenfunctions and their restrictions to interior hypersurfaces $H\subset {\Omega }^{\circ }$ in a geometrically defined neighborhood of $M$. Our results are optimal in the entire geometric neighborhood and complement the results on eigenfunction upper bounds in the author's previous work.

16 pages, 2 figures