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New spectral torsion defined for rescaled Dirac operators.

New spectral functionals related to noncommutative residue and torsion Dirac operators.

Formula derived for torsion of modified Dirac operator.

New theory allows simultaneous block-diagonalization of commuting operator fields.

The paper calculates a functional for a specific Dirac operator.

The paper calculates spectral torsion for rescaled Dirac operators on manifolds.

The study introduces polarization of generalized Nijenhuis torsions and their relevance in operator fields.

In this paper, we consider the symmetries of the Dirac operator derived from a connection with skew-symmetric torsion. We find that the generalized conformal Killing-Yano tensors give rise to symmetry operators of the massless Dirac equation, provided an explicitly given anomaly vanishes. We show that this gives rise t…

The paper proves a theorem for a twisted Dirac operator on specific manifolds.

Study spectral functionals on manifolds with torsion.

Paper introduces a new multilinear functional for spectral triples and computes its properties.

Researchers describe local properties of Haantjes operators.

Paper studies the full asymptotic torsion forms of flat bundles.

For any triple $(M^n, g, \nabla)$ consisting of a Riemannian manifold and a metric connection with skew-symmetric torsion we introduce an elliptic, second order operator $Ω$ acting on spinor fields. In case of a reductive space and its canonical connection our construction yields the Casimir operator of the isometry gr…

We study the Dirac spectrum on compact Riemannian spin manifolds $M$ equipped with a metric connection $\nabla$ with skew torsion $T\inΛ^3M$ by means of twistor theory. An optimal lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator with torsion is found that generalizes Friedrich's classical Riemannian estimate.…

The article consists of a survey on analytic and topological torsion. Analytic torsion is defined in terms of the spectrum of the analytic Laplace operator on a Riemannian manifold, whereas topological torsion is defined in terms of a triangulation. The celebrated theorem of Cheeger and Müller identifies these two noti…

New brackets generalize Haantjes moduli and ensure integrability of operators.

New Haantjes operators extend bi-hamiltonian systems.

Assume that the compact Riemannian spin manifold $(M^n,g)$ admits a $G$-structure with characteristic connection $\nabla$ and parallel characteristic torsion ($\nabla T=0$), and consider the Dirac operator $D^{1/3}$ corresponding to the torsion $T/3$. This operator plays an eminent role in the investigation of such man…

Computer algebra methods are applied to investigation of spectral asymptotics of elliptic differential operators on curved manifolds with torsion and in the presence of a gauge field. In this paper we present complete expressions for the second coefficient (E_2) in the heat kernel expansion for nonminimal operator on m…

Banach fibrations and Nijenhuis operators studied for vanishing torsion.

Examines a new type of analytic torsion on Riemannian manifolds.

The submanifold Dirac operator has been studied for this decade, which is closely related to Frenet-Serret and generalized Weierstrass relations. In this article, we will give a submanifold Dirac operator defined over a surface immersed in $\EE^4$ with U(1)-gauge field as torsion in the sense of the Frenet-Serret relat…

Paper estimates upper bound of analytic torsion under Arakelov metric.

This paper is a continuation of arXiv:0809.1158, dealing with a general, not-necessarily torsion-free, connection. It characterizes all possible systems of generators for vector-field valued operators that depend naturally on a set of vector fields and a linear connection, describes the size of the space of such operat…

This review article intends to introduce the reader to non-integrable geometric structures on Riemannian manifolds and invariant metric connections with torsion, and to discuss recent aspects of mathematical physics--in particular superstring theory--where these naturally appear. Connections with skew-symmetric torsion…

We study the Dirac spectrum on compact Riemannian spin manifolds $M$ equipped with a metric connection $\nabla$ with skew torsion $T\inΛ^3 M$ in the situation where the tangent bundle splits under the holonomy of $\nabla$ and the torsion of $\nabla$ is of `split' type. We prove an optimal lower bound for the first eige…

Study on null-torsion holomorphic curves in 6-sphere, focusing on their second variation.

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a hyper-parahermitian connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion (HPKT-structure) are presented. It is shown that any HPKT-structure is locally generated by a real (potential) function. An invariant first order differential operator is defined on any almost h…

New spectral invariant generalizes analytic torsion for manifolds with geometric product structure.

The paper studies relationships between twisted torsion and connected sums of 3-manifolds.

The paper develops surgery theories for foliations and solves a problem posed by Weinberger.

We define analytic torsion of Z_2-graded elliptic complexes as an element in the graded determinant line of the cohomology of the complex, generalizing most of the variants of Ray-Singer analytic torsion in the literature. It applies to a myriad of new examples, including flat superconnection complexes, twisted analyti…

We examine geometric representability results for various classes of equiaffine curvature operators. We show every Ricci flat algebraic curvature operator is geometrically realizable by a Ricci flat torsion free connection on the tangent bundle of some smooth manifold.

We describe all almost contact metric, almost hermitian and $G_2$-structures admitting a connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion tensor, and prove that there exists at most one such connection. We investigate its torsion form, its Ricci tensor, the Dirac operator and the $\nabla$-parallel spinors. In particular,…

In this paper we discuss the refined analytic torsion on an odd dimensional compact oriented Riemannian manifold with boundary under some assumption. For this purpose we introduce two boundary conditions which are complementary to each other and well-posed for the odd signature operator $\mathcal{B}$ in the sense of Se…

We present a construction of curved analogues of the nonstandard operators on Grassmannians parallel to the construction of the Paneitz operator via the curved Casimir operator, but technically more demanding. In particular, the construction breaks down in the presence of torsion. In the second part, we prove that the …

Proves torsion and curvature are unique for smooth manifolds.

We introduce a representation theory for risk operations on locally compact groups in a partition of unity on a topological manifold for Markowitz-Tversky-Kahneman (MTK) reference points. We identify (1) risk torsion induced by the flip rate for risk averse and risk seeking behaviour, and (2) a structure constant or co…

The paper extends the Cheeger-Müller theorem to spaces with conical singularities.

Study spectral invariants of singularities using Schrödinger operators.

We give an explicit formula for the $L^2$ analytic torsion of the finite metric cone over an oriented compact connected Riemannian manifold. We provide an interpretation of the different factors appearing in this formula. We prove that the analytic torsion of the cone is the finite part of the limit obtained collapsing…

On an open manifold, the spaces of metrics or connections of bounded geometry, respectively, split into an uncountable number of components. We show that for a pair of metrics or connections, belonging to the same component, relative $ζ$-functions, determinants, torsion for pairs of generalized Dirac operators are well…

This paper restricts torsion subgroups in homology groups of Reeb spaces.

The work of Ray and Singer which introduced analytic torsion, a kind of determinant of the Laplacian operator in topological and holomorphic settings, is naturally generalized in both settings. The couplings are extended in a direct way in the topological setting to general flat bundles and in the holomorphic setting t…

In this paper, we describe the space of adapted connections on a metric contact manifold through the space of their torsion tensors. The torsion tensor is an element of the space of TM-valued two-forms, which splits into various subspaces. We study the parts of the torsion tensor according to this splitting to complete…

Torsion invariants for manifolds which are not simply connected were introduced by K. Reidemeister and generalized to higher dimensions by W. Franz. The Reidemeister torsion, was the first invariant of manifolds which was not a homotopy invariant. The analytic counterpart of the combinatorial Reidemeister torsion was i…

Analytic surgery and gluing formula for torsion forms in fiber bundles.