The Gradient Estimate of a Neumann Eigenfunction on a Compact Manifold with Boundary

Let e_λ(x) be a Neumann eigenfunction with respect to the positive Laplacian A on a compact Riemannian manifold M with boundary such that △e_λ=λ~2e_λ in the interior of M and the normal derivative of e\ vanishes on the boundary of M.Let χλ be the unit band spectral projection operator associated with the Neumann Laplacian and f be a square integrable function on M.The authors show the following gradient estimate for χλf as λ≥1:‖▽χλ f‖∞≤C(λ‖χλ f‖∞+λ^(-1)‖△χλf‖∞),where C is a positive constant depending only on M,As a corollary,the authors obtain the gradient estimate of e_λ:For every λ≥1,it holds that ‖▽e_λ‖∞≤Cλ‖e_λ‖∞.

Let eλ（x） be a Neumann eigenfunction with respect to the positive Laplacian λ on a compact Riemannian manifold M with boundary such that A eλ = λ2eλ in the interior of M and the normal derivative of ex vanishes on the boundary of M. Let xλ be the unit band spectral projection operator associated with the Neumann Laplacian and f be a square integrable function on M. The authors show the following gradient estimate