Vafa-Witten estimates for compact symmetric spaces (Q2385023)

The main result of the paper is the following theorem, which is proved using the Wafa-Witten method. Let \(M=G/H\) be a simply connected symmetric space of compact type with \(\operatorname{rk} G-\operatorname{rk} H\leq 1\) and assume that \(M\) is \(G\)-spin. Let \(g\) be a symmetric metric, and let \(D\) denote the corresponding Dirac operator on \(M.\) If \({\overline g}\) is another metric with \({\overline g}\geq g\) on \(TM\) and \({\overline D}\) is the corresponding Dirac operator, then \(\lambda_1({\overline D}^2)\leq \lambda_1(D^2).\) In the case of equility, we have \({\overline g}=g.\)