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Fedor Nazarov

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arXiv2008

The power law for the Buffon needle probability of the four-corner Cantor set

Let $C_n$ be the $n$-th generation in the construction of the middle-half Cantor set. The Cartesian square $K_n$ of $C_n$ consists of $4^n$ squares of side-length $4^{-n}$. The chance that a long needle thrown at random in the unit square will meet $K_n$ is essentially the average length of the projections of $K_n$, also known as the Favard length of $K_n$. A classical theorem of Besicovitch implies that the Favard length of $K_n$ tends to zero. It is still an open problem to determine its exact rate of decay. Until recently, the only explicit upper bound was $\exp(- c\log_* n)$, due to Peres and Solomyak. ($\log_* n$ is the number of times one needs to take log to obtain a number less than 1 starting from $n$). We obtain a power law bound by combining analytic and combinatorial ideas.

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arXiv2007

On the Number of Nodal Domains of Random Spherical Harmonics

Let N(f) be a number of nodal domains of a random Gaussian spherical harmonic f of degree n. We prove that as n grows to infinity, the mean of N(f)/n^2 tends to a positive constant, and that N(f)/n^2 exponentially concentrates around that constant. This result is consistent with predictions made by Bogomolny and Schmit using a percolation-like model for nodal domains of random Gaussian plane waves.

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arXiv2007

Transportation to random zeroes by the gradient flow

We consider the zeroes of a random Gaussian Entire Function f and show that their basins under the gradient flow of the random potential U partition the complex plane into domains of equal area. We find three characteristic exponents 1, 8/5, and 4 of this random partition: the probability that the diameter of a particular basin is greater than R is exponentially small in R; the probability that a given point z lies at a distance larger than R from the zero it is attracted to decays as exp(-R^{8/5}); and the probability that, after throwing away 1% of the area of the basin, its diameter is still larger than R decays as exp(-R^4). We also introduce a combinatorial procedure that modifies a small portion of each basin in such a way that the probability that the diameter of a particular modified basin is greater than R decays only slightly slower than exp(-cR^4).

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arXiv2004

Sign and area in nodal geometry of Laplace eigenfunctions

The paper deals with asymptotic nodal geometry for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on closed surfaces. Given an eigenfunction f corresponding to a large eigenvalue, we study local asymmetry of the distribution of sign(f) with respect to the surface area. It is measured as follows: take any disc centered at the nodal line {f=0}, and pick at random a point in this disc. What is the probability that the function assumes a positive value at the chosen point? We show that this quantity may decay logarithmically as the eigenvalue goes to infinity, but never faster than that. In other words, only a mild local asymmetry may appear. The proof combines methods due to Donnelly-Fefferman and Nadirashvili with a new result on harmonic functions in the unit disc.

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arXiv2003

Lower bounds for quasianalytic functions, II. The Bernstein quasianalytic functions

Let F be a class of functions with the uniqueness property: if a function f in F vanishes on a set of positive measure, then f is the zero function. In many instances, we would like to have a quantitative version of this property, e.g. a lower bound for |f| outside a small exceptional set. Such estimates are well-known and useful for polynomials, complex- and real-analytic functions, exponential polynomials. In this work we prove similar results for the Denjoy-Carleman and the Bernstein classes of quasianalytic functions. In the first part (this arXiv:math.CA/0208233), we considered quasianalytically smooth functions. Here, we deal with classes of functions characterized by exponentially fast approximation by polynomials whose degrees belong to a given very lacunar sequence. We also prove the polynomial spreading lemma and a comparison lemma which are of a certain interest on their own.

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arXiv1997

Weak type estimates and Cotlar inequalities for Calderón-Zygmund operators in nonhomogeneous spaces

In the paper we consider Calderón-Zygmund operators in nonhomogeneous spaces. We are going to prove the analogs of classical results for homogeneous spaces. Namely, we prove that a Calderón-Zygmund operator is of weak type if it is bounded in $L^2$. We also prove several versions of Cotlar's inequality for maximal singular operator. One version of Cotlar's inequality (a simpler one) is proved in Euclidean setting, another one in a more abstract setting when Besicovich covering lemma is not available. We obtain also the weak type of maximal singular operator from these inequalities.

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