Eigenvalue estimates for 3-Sasaki structures

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2023-0044MaRDI QIDQ6060796zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul-Andi Nagy, Uwe Semmelmann

Publication date 6 November 2023

Published in Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.12982

zbMATH Keywords

3-Sasaki metricLichnerowicz-Obata estimatesub-Laplacian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Spectral theory; eigenvalue problems on manifolds (58C40)

Abstract: We obtain new lower bounds for the first non-zero eigenvalue of the scalar sub-Laplacian for 3-Sasaki metrics, improving Lichnerowicz-Obata type estimates by Ivanov et al. The limiting eigenspace is fully decribed in terms of the automorphism algebra. Our results can be thought of as an analogue of the Lichnerowicz-Matsushima estimate for K"ahler-Einstein metrics. In dimension 7, if the automorphism algebra is non-vanishing, we also compute the second eigenvalue for the sub-Laplacian and construct explicit eigenfunctions. In addition, for all metrics in the canonical variation of the 3-Sasaki metric we give a lower bound for the spectrum of the Riemannian Laplace operator, depending only on scalar curvature and dimension. We also strengthen a result pertaining to the growth rate of harmonic functions, due to Conlon, Hein and Sun, in the case of hyperk"ahler cones. In this setup we also describe the space of holomorphic functions.

Review text

Let \(M\) be a \((4n+3)\)-dimensional compact differentiable manifold equipped with a \(3\)-Sasaki structure \((g,\xi)\) consisting of a Riemannian metric \(g\) and a triple \(\xi=(\xi_1,\xi_2,\xi_3)\) of associated Reeb vector fields. The horizontal distribution \(\mathcal H\) given by the \(g\)-orthogonal complement of \(\operatorname{span}\{\xi_1,\xi_2,\xi_3\}\) has a natural sub-Riemannian structure, and consequently a sub-Laplacian \(\Delta_{\mathcal H}\) acting on smooth functions on \(M\). The authors prove that the first non-zero eigenvalue of \(\Delta_{\mathcal H}\) satisfies \(\lambda_1(\Delta_{\mathcal H})\geq 8n\), provided \(g\) does not have constant sectional curvature. This improves the Lichnerowicz-Obata-type lower bound \(\lambda_1(\Delta_{\mathcal H})\geq 4n\) proved by \textit{S. Ivanov} et al. [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 93, 51--61 (2013; Zbl 1285.53029); J. Geom. Anal. 24, No. 2, 756--778 (2014; Zbl 1303.53060)]. In the particular case of \(n=1\) (i.e., \(\dim M=7\)), the authors also estimate the second eigenvalue of \(\Delta_{\mathcal H}\). In addition, the paper also considers the first eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated to any Riemannian metric on \(M\) in the (\(1\)-parameter) canonical variation of the \(3\)-Sasaki metric \(g\).

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