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Domain of spectral fractional Laplacian

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold with Laplacian $\Delta:C^{\infty}_{c}(M)\to C^{\infty}_{c}(M)$ (think of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ if you wish). This operator is essentially self-adjoint in $L^{2}...
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Convergence of spectrum

Let $M$ be a compact manifold and $g_k$ be a sequence of Riemannain metrics smoothly converging to another Riemannian metric $g$. Let $\{\lambda^k_j\}$ be the spectrum of the Laplacian of the ...
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Why are we interested in spectral gaps for Laplacian operators

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and let $\Delta$ be its Laplacian operator. There is a large literature on a spectral gap for such a $\Delta$, that is, finding an interval $(0,c)$ which does not ...
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Hodge theory in higher eigen-spaces?

Hodge theory for elliptic complexes $E$ identifies the space of harmonic sections with cohomology $$\mathcal{H}(E) \simeq H(E).$$ A classical example with differential forms ($E = (\Omega,d)$) ...
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Question about Dirac operator

Let $D$ be a generalized Dirac operator on a complete Riemannian manifold. I'm a little confused to prove that there exists a constant $c>0$ such that $$\|D\sigma\|^2\geq c^2\|\sigma\|^2$$ for $\...
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A question about the choice of a special harmonc spinor

Let $X$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $H$ be the kernel of generalized Dirac operator $D$ on $L(S)$, where $S$ is the Dirac bundle. Let $K$ be a compact subset of $X$ and $K\subset \Omega$ be ...
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Orthogonal decomposition of $L^2(SM)$

I have been stuck on the following problem for a long time but I could not get the answer. Would you please help me? I was reading one paper [Paternian Salo Uhlmann: Tensor tomography on the surface] ...
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Off-diagonal estimates for Poisson kernels on manifolds

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ its Laplace-Beltrami operator and $T_t = (e^{t \Delta})_{t \geq 0}$ the associated heat semigroup. We can define the subordinated Poisson ...
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Does a spectral gap lift to covering spaces?

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. Denote $\Delta_M\ge0$ the unique self-adjoint extension of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in $L^2(M)$ and $\sigma(\Delta_M)\subset [0,\infty)$ its spectrum. ...
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Harmonic functions on $(M,g)$ closed, induce an embedding in Euclidean space

In Hajime Urakawa's monograph The Spectral Geometry of the Laplacian on page 41, we make an assumption that I can't quite justify on my own. The following is our setup: Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed ...
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$C^k$ one-parameter family of metrics

Consider a smooth Riemannian manifold $M$ and a $C^k$ one-parameter family of Riemannian metrics $g_t$ on $M$. Here $k$ could be any integer, $k$ could be infinity, when the one-parameter family $g_t$ ...
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Has uniform ellipticity implications on the spectrum?

Let $X$ be a complete Riemann surface with a smooth metric, and $L$ a line bundle on it also equipped with a smooth metric; associated to this data there is a Laplace-Beltrami operator $D_L$ acting on ...