The higher spin Laplace operator

DOI10.1007/S11118-016-9609-3zbMATH Open1368.47035arXiv1501.03974OpenAlexW2963781862MaRDI QIDQ2014231FDOQ2014231

D. Eelbode, Matthias Roels, H. De Bie

Publication date: 10 August 2017

Published in: Potential Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper deals with a certain class of second-order conformally invariant operators acting on functions taking values in particular (finite-dimensional) irreducible representations of the orthogonal group. These operators can be seen as a generalisation of the Laplace operator to higher spin as well as a second order analogue of the Rarita-Schwinger operator. To construct these operators, we will use the framework of Clifford analysis, a multivariate function theory in which arbitrary irreducible representations for the orthogonal group can be realised in terms of polynomials satisfying a system of differential equations. As a consequence, the functions on which this particular class of operators act are functions taking values in the space of harmonics homogeneous of degree k. We prove the ellipticity of these operators and use this to investigate their kernel, focusing on both polynomial solutions and the fundamental solution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03974

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental solutionsharmonic analysisinvariant operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) General theory of partial differential operators (47F05) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Functions of hypercomplex variables and generalized variables (30G35) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66)

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