On the M.Kac problem with augmented data

Abstract

Let ${\Omega}$ be a bounded plane domain. As is known, the spectrum $0<\lambda_1<\lambda_2\leqslant\dots$ of its Dirichlet Laplacian $L=-\Delta{\upharpoonright}[H^2({\Omega})\cap H^1_0({\Omega})]$ does not determine ${\Omega}$ (up to isometry). By this, a reasonable version of the M.Kac problem is to augment the spectrum with relevant data that provide the determination. To give the spectrum is to represent $L$ in the form $\tilde L=\Phi L\Phi^*={\rm diag\,}\{\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots\}$ in the space ${\bf l}_2$, where $\Phi:L_2({\Omega})\to{\bf l}_2$ is the Fourier transform. Let ${\mathscr K}=\{h\in L_2({\Omega})\,|\,\,\Delta h=0\,\,{\rm in}\,\,{\Omega}\}$ be the harmonic function subspace, $\tilde{\mathscr K}=\Phi{\mathscr K}\subset{\bf l}_2$. We show that, in a generic case, the pair $\tilde L,\tilde {\mathscr K}$ determines ${\Omega}$ up to isometry, what holds not only for the plain domains (drums) but for the compact Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary dimension, metric, and topology. Thus, the subspace $\tilde{\mathscr K}\subset{\bf l}_2$ augments the spectrum, making the problem uniquely solvable.