Trace bounds for limiting operators on rough domains

Abstract

This work concerns a quantitative form of Landau's eigenvalue theorem for spatio-spectral limiting operators. We isolate a simple mechanism that converts the problem of estimating the distribution of eigenvalues of a limiting operator into the problem of bounding the trace of the difference between the operator and its square. This mechanism allows us to analyze limiting operators for domains with fractal boundaries. When the boundaries have finite perimeter, we recover the expected optimal dependence on the scaling parameter.