The asymptotic distribution of lattice points in Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces |
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Authors: | Peter D Lax Ralph S Phillips |
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Affiliation: | Courant Institute of Mathematics, New York University, New York, New York 10012 U.S.A.;Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The asymptotic distribution of orbits for discrete subgroups of motions in Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces are found; our principal tool is the wave equation. The results are new for the crystallographic groups in Euclidean space and for those groups in non-Euclidean spaces which have fundamental domains of infinite volume. In the latter case we show that the only point spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator lies in the interval (]; furthermore we show that when the subgroup is nonelementary and the fundamental domain has a cusp, then there is at least one eigenvalue in this interval. |
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