The hypoelliptic Laplacian on the cotangent bundle. (Q1876800)

In [C. R., Math., Acad. Sci., Paris, 338, No. 6, 471--476 (2004; Zbl 1044.58005)] the author presented some results from the Hodge theory of finite dimension with the assumption that the considered complex Hermitian form is not necessarily positive and constructed the adjoint of the de Ram operator \(d^{T^*M}\) on the cotangent bundle \(T^*M\) of a manifold \(M\) with respect to a Hermitian form of non-trivial signature. In this paper, the author gives the Lichnerowicz formula for the corresponding Laplacian \(\mathcal L\). The Laplacian \(\mathcal L\) is the second order hyperelliptic operator on the cotangent bundle \(T^*M\). It interpolates between the classical Hodge Laplacian and the generator of the geodesic flow.