Spectral positivity and Riemannian coverings

Abstract: Let

(M, g)

be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold. We consider operators of the form

D e l t a_{g} + V

, where

D e l t a_{g}

is the non-negative Laplacian associated with the metric

g

, and

V

a locally integrable function. Let

h o : (h a t M, h a t g) o (M, g)

be a Riemannian covering, with Laplacian

D e l t a_{h a t g}

and potential

h a t V = V c i r c h o

. If the operator

D e l t a + V

is non-negative on

(M, g)

, then the operator

D e l t a_{h a t g} + h a t V

is non-negative on

(h a t M, h a t g)

. In this note, we show that the converse statement is true provided that

p i_{1} (h a t M)

is a co-amenable subgroup of

p i_{1} (M)

.

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