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Denis Serre
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Boundness of Laplacian eigenfunctions

Let $A$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^d$, $d>1$, and $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all $L^2$-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions on $A$ with Dirichlet boundary condition (i.e., $\|u_k\|_2 = 1$).

Is it true that these eigenfunctions are uniformly bounded, i.e., $sup_k \|u_k\|_\infty < \infty$, where $\|.\|_\infty$ is the $L^\infty$-norm (the maximum)? In other words, does there exist a constant $C_A$ such that for any $k$ and any $x\in A$, $|u_k(x)| < C_A$?

If the answer is positive, please provide a reference or a proof.

If the answer is negative, please provide a counter-example. In that case, what are the conditions on the domain A to make this statement true?