Sharp remainder estimates in the Weyl formula for the Neumann Laplacian on a class of planar regions

We obtain estimates for the counting function of the Neumann Laplacian on a planar domain bounded by the graph of a lower semicontinuous L1-function. These estimates imply necessary and sufficient conditions for the validity of the classical one-term Weyl formula for the counting function and, under certain restrictions, give an order sharp remainder estimate in this formula. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved