Fluctuations in the number of nodal domains

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Main Authors: Nazarov, Fedor, Sodin, Mikhail
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author Nazarov, Fedor
Sodin, Mikhail
author_facet Nazarov, Fedor
Sodin, Mikhail
contents We show that the variance of the number of connected components of the zero set of the two-dimensional Gaussian ensemble of random spherical harmonics of degree n grows as a positive power of n. The proof uses no special properties of spherical harmonics and works for any sufficiently regular ensemble of Gaussian random functions on the two-dimensional sphere with distribution invariant with respect to isometries of the sphere. Our argument connects the fluctuations in the number of nodal lines with those in a random loop ensemble on planar graphs of degree four, which can be viewed as a step towards justification of the Bogomolny-Schmit heuristics.
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spellingShingle Fluctuations in the number of nodal domains
Nazarov, Fedor
Sodin, Mikhail
Probability
Mathematical Physics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
We show that the variance of the number of connected components of the zero set of the two-dimensional Gaussian ensemble of random spherical harmonics of degree n grows as a positive power of n. The proof uses no special properties of spherical harmonics and works for any sufficiently regular ensemble of Gaussian random functions on the two-dimensional sphere with distribution invariant with respect to isometries of the sphere. Our argument connects the fluctuations in the number of nodal lines with those in a random loop ensemble on planar graphs of degree four, which can be viewed as a step towards justification of the Bogomolny-Schmit heuristics.
title Fluctuations in the number of nodal domains
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.07730