The first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on compact spin symmetric spaces (Q2571256)
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The first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on compact spin symmetric spaces (English)
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1 November 2005
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Let \(M=G/K\) be a compact, simply connected, irreducible Riemannian symmetric space endowed with the Killing metric and \(n = \dim M\). Assume that \(G\) and \(K\) have the same rank and that \(M\) has a spin structure. The author proves that the square of the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator is equal to \(2 \min_{1\leq k \leq p}\| \beta_k\| ^2 + n/8\), where \(\beta_1,\ldots\beta_p\) are the \(K\)-dominant weights occurring in the decomposition into irreducible components of the spin representation under the action of \(K\), and the norm is the one induced from the Killing form.
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first eigenvalue
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Dirac operator
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compact symmetric space
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