Quantitative and Uniform $L^2$ Non-Localization on Integrable Polygons

arXiv:2608.22037 2026 Regularization 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Aug 29, 2026

What the math gives to ML

The paper proves a strong anti-localization principle: on integrable polygonal domains, no Laplacian eigenfunction can place arbitrarily little L2 mass inside any fixed positive-measure observation set, even when eigenvalues are degenerate and arbitrary cancellations occur within an eigenspace. The rectangular result is especially transferable because it gives an explicit lower bound depending only on the observation fraction alpha, together with robustness for spectral clusters and quasimodes. A practical neural-network adaptation is to constrain Fourier feature maps shell by shell, using the theorem's lower bound as a calibrated anti-collapse regularizer rather than applying an unstructured spatial smoothness penalty.

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Spectral anti-localization regularizer

Represent intermediate feature maps on a periodic rectangular grid and regularize each individual Fourier eigenspace so that its spatial energy cannot collapse almost entirely outside a chosen observation region. The target lower bound is derived from the paper's quantitative rectangular estimate and is applied only to narrow Fourier shells, where the feature map is analogous to a degenerate Laplacian eigenfunction.

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Paper: Quantitative and Uniform $L^2$ Non-Localization on Integrable Polygons arXiv:2608.22037