arXiv research

Study on sub-Riemannian geometry in 4D, focusing on abnormal geodesics.

The wave trace of certain convex domains can be smooth near some points in the length spectrum.

New proof of wave trace formula for 3D-contact manifolds.

Wave trace singularity formula for fibre bundles generalizes Poisson summation.

We prove a dynamical wave trace formula for asymptotically hyperbolic (n+1) dimensional manifolds with negative (but not necessarily constant) sectional curvatures which equates the renormalized wave trace to the lengths of closed geodesics. A corollary of this dynamical trace formula is a dynamical resonance-wave trac…

Paper develops formulas for shape derivatives in wave scattering.

Study on heat trace expansion for thermoelastic Dirichlet-to-Neumann map.

We establish multiparameter resolvent trace expansions for elliptic boundary value problems, polyhomogeneous both in the resolvent and the auxiliary parameter. The present analysis is rooted in the joint project with Matthias Lesch on multiparameter resolvent trace expansions on revolution surfaces with applications to…

For quotients of the $n+1$-dimensional hyperbolic space by a convex co-compact group $Γ$, we obtain a formula relating the renormalized trace of the wave operator with the resonances of the Laplacian and some conformal invariants of the boundary, generalizing a formula of Guillopé and Zworski in dimension 2. By writing…

A general approach to proving that the length spectrum of a compact Riemannian manifold is an invariant of the Laplace spectrum comes from considering the wave trace, a spectrally determined tempered distribution. The Poisson relation states that the singularities of the wave trace can only occur at lengths of closed g…

Proves wave equation solutions in Kerr-de Sitter spacetime have specific asymptotic expansions.

We derive a detailed asymptotic expansion of the heat trace for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on functions on manifolds with conic singularities, using the Singular Asymptotics Lemma of Jochen Bruening and Robert T. Seeley [BS]. In the subsequent paper we investigate how the terms in the expansion reflect the geometry …

Given a compact boundaryless Riemannian manifold $Y$ on which a compact Lie group $G$ acts, there is always a metric on $Y$ such that the action is by isometries. Assuming $Y$ is equipped with such a metric, recall that the $G$-invariant Laplacian is the restriction of the ordinary Laplacian to the space of functions w…

Wave propagator constructed on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.

Study fixed angle inverse scattering with Riemannian metrics, proving uniqueness and stability.

In this note we consider a heat trace expansion on a manifold with wedge-like singularity. We show that there are two terms in the expansion that contain information about the presence of the singularity, namely the logarithmic term $ct^{-1/2}\log t$ and the half power term $bt^{-1/2}$. We also give a geometric express…

The paper calculates spectral invariants of magnetic Steklov eigenvalues on Riemannian manifolds.

Researchers derive asymptotic expansions for thermoelastic operators on manifolds.

We consider the basic heat operator on functions on a Riemannian foliation of a compact, Riemannian manifold, and we show that the trace of this operator has a particular short time asymptotic expansion. The coefficients in this expansion are obtainable from local transverse geometric invariants - functions computable …

Study proves rigid spectral properties of planets with metric discontinuities.

We show the existence of the full compound asymptotics of solutions to the scalar wave equation on long-range non-trapping Lorentzian manifolds modeled on the radial compactification of Minkowski space. In particular, we show that there is a joint asymptotic expansion at null and timelike infinity for forward solutions…

We study the inverse spectral problem for weighted projective spaces using wave-trace methods. We show that in many cases one can "hear" the weights of a weighted projective space.

The paper studies asymptotic expansions of operators related to Bochner-Schrödinger on Riemannian manifolds.

Using Laurent expansions of the Kontsevich-Vishik canonical trace of holomorphic families of classical pseudodifferential operators, we define functionals on the space of Riemannian metrics and investigate their conformal properties, thereby giving a unified description of several conformal invariants and anomalies.

We study new invariants of elliptic partial differential operators acting on sections of a vector bundle over a closed Riemannian manifold that we call the relativistic heat trace and the quantum heat traces. We obtain some reduction formulas expressing these new invariants in terms of some integral transforms of the u…

We study the heat trace for both the drifting Laplacian as well as Schrödinger operators on compact Riemannian manifolds. In the case of a finite regularity potential or weight function, we prove the existence of a partial (six term) asymptotic expansion of the heat trace for small times as well as a suitable remainder…

Study the Bochner-Schrödinger operator's trace in semiclassical limit.

We introduce a method of computing biquandle brackets of oriented knots and links using a type of decorated trivalent spatial graphs we call trace diagrams. We identify algebraic conditions on the biquandle bracket coefficients for moving strands over and under traces and identify a new stop condition for the recursive…

Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group equipped with a bi-invariant metric. We calculate the asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel of the laplacian on $G$ and the heat trace using Lie algebra methods. The Duflo isomorphism plays a key role.

Quantum trace map defines invariants for knots and links, confirming a length conjecture.

Study on random representations of surface groups into SU(n), focusing on asymptotic expansions.

For a holomorphic family of classical pseudodifferential operators on a closed manifold we give exact formulae for all coefficients in the Laurent expansion of its Kontsevich-Vishik canonical trace. This generalizes a known result identifying the Wodzicki residue with the pole at zero to all higher order terms.

Researchers derived heat kernel expansions for non-compact spaces using Witten deformation.

Paper adapts Getzler's grading technique for new applications.

Using the Fourier expansion of Markov traces for Ariki-Koike algebras over $\mathbb{Q}(q,u_{1},...,u_{e})$, we give a direct definition of the Alexander polynomials for mixed links. We observe that under the corresponding specialization of a Markov parameter, the Fourier coefficients of Markov traces take quite simple …

Researchers prove spectral rigidity of Liouville tori under specific conditions.

In this thesis we study the geometry of the fixed point set $Σ$ of a smooth mapping $Φ: M\to M$ on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold $M$ without boundary by computing the asymptotic expansion of the deformed heat trace $\Trace Φ\exp(tΔ)$ of the Laplace operator $Δ$ on $M$. We assume that the fixed point set $Σ$ is a…

Researchers find isospectral but non-diffeomorphic nilmanifolds.

We consider the wave equation on a product cone and find a joint asymptotic expansion for solutions near null and future infinities. The rates of decay seen in the expansion at future infinity are the resonances of a hyperbolic cone and were computed by the authors in a previous paper. The expansion treats an asymptoti…

We prove a trace formula for three-dimensional spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds with boundary which satisfy the Herglotz condition: The wave trace is singular precisely at the length spectrum of periodic broken rays. In particular, the Neumann spectrum of the Laplace--Beltrami operator uniquely determines the…

Let $φ\in C^\infty(\Complex^n)$ be a given real valued function. We assume that $\pr\ddbarφ$ is non-degenerate of constant signature $(n_-,n_+)$ on $\Complex^n$. When $q=n_-$, it is well-known that the Bergman kernel for $(0,q)$ forms with respect to the $k$-th weight $e^{-2kφ}$, $k>0$, admits a full asymptotic expansi…

In this thesis we deal with spectral invariants for polygons and closed orbisurfaces of constant Gaussian curvature. In each case our method is to study the heat kernel and the asymptotic expansion of the heat trace. First, we investigate hyperbolic polygons, i.e. relatively compact domains in the hyperbolic plane with…

We propose a conjecture to compute the all-order asymptotic expansion of the colored Jones polynomial of the complement of a hyperbolic knot, J_N(q = exp(2u/N)) when N goes to infinity. Our conjecture claims that the asymptotic expansion of the colored Jones polynomial is a the formal wave function of an integrable sys…

We consider a non-trapping $n$-dimensional Lorentzian manifold endowed with an end structure modeled on the radial compactification of Minkowski space. We find a full asymptotic expansion for tempered forward solutions of the wave equation in all asymptotic regimes. The rates of decay seen in the asymptotic expansion a…

We prove a Weyl-type fractal upper bound for the spectrum of the damped wave equation, on a negatively curved compact manifold. It is known that most of the eigenvalues have an imaginary part close to the average of the damping function. We count the number of eigenvalues in a given horizontal strip deviating from this…

We study a "div-grad type" sub-Laplacian with respect to a smooth measure and its associated heat semigroup on a compact equiregular sub-Riemannian manifold. We prove a short time asymptotic expansion of the heat trace up to any order. Our main result holds true for any smooth measure on the manifold, but it has a spec…

We present a new multiparameter resolvent trace expansion for elliptic operators, polyhomogeneous in both the resolvent and auxiliary variables. For elliptic operators on closed manifolds the expansion is a simple consequence of the parameter dependent pseudodifferential calculus. As an additional nontrivial toy exampl…

The heat coefficients related to the Laplace-Beltrami operator defined on the hyperbolic compact manifold $H^3/\Ga$ are evaluated in the case in which the discrete group $\Ga$ contains elliptic and hyperbolic elements. It is shown that while hyperbolic elements give only exponentially vanishing corrections to the trace…