Spectral isolation of bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups

DOI10.5802/AIF.2567MaRDI QIDQ609656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Carolyn S. Gordon, Dorothee Schueth, Craig J. Sutton

Publication date 1 December 2010

Published in Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2911, http://www.numdam.org/item?id=AIF_2010__60_5_1617_0, https://eudml.org/doc/116316

zbMATH Keywords

bi-invariant metric.eigenvalue spectrumLaplacianleft-invariant metricLie group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

Abstract: We show that a bi-invariant metric on a compact connected Lie group $G$ is spectrally isolated within the class of left-invariant metrics. In fact, we prove that given a bi-invariant metric $g_0$ on $G$ there is a positive integer $N$ such that, within a neighborhood of $g_0$ in the class of left-invariant metrics of at most the same volume, $g_0$ is uniquely determined by the first $N$ distinct non-zero eigenvalues of its Laplacian (ignoring multiplicities). In the case where $G$ is simple, $N$ can be chosen to be two.

Review text

Let \(\Delta\) be the Laplacian acting on functions on a compact connected Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) of dimension \(m\). The spectrum \(Spec(M,g)\) is the collection of eigenvalues (counted with multiplicity) of \(\Delta\). It is well known that \(Spec(M,g)\) does not determine \((M,g)\) even up to diffeomorphism. Some properties (such as the volume and the dimension) are spectrally determined. The authors consider the special case in which \(M\) is a compact Lie group. Let \(L\) be the set of all left-invariant metrics on \(M\). The authors establish: Result. Let \(g_0\) be a bi-invariant metric on a compact connected Lie group \(G\). There exists a neighborhood \(U\) of \(g_0\) in \(L\) and an integer \(n\) so that: {\parindent5mm \begin{itemize}\item[1.] If \(g\in U\) satisfies \(vol(g)\leq vol(g_0)\) and also satisfies that the first \(n\) distinct eigenvalues (ignoring multiplicity) agree with those of \(g_0\), then \(g\) is isometric to \(g_0\). \item[2.] The metric \(g_0\) is spectrally isolated in \(L\). \item[3.] If \(G\) is simple, then the first two distinct non-zero eigenvalues together with the volume bound distinguish \(g_0\) within \(U\). \end{itemize}} One notes that the restriction that \(g_0\) be bi-invariant in this result is essential; there exist continuous families of isospectral families of left-invariant metrics on compact simple Lie groups [\textit{E. Proctor}, ``Isospectral metrics and potentials on classical compact simple Lie groups, Mich. Math. J. 53, 305--318 (2005; Zbl 1089.58022)]; [\textit{D. Schueth}, ``Isospectral manifolds with different local geometries, J. Reine Angew. Math. 534, 41--94 (2001; Zbl 0986.58016)]. One also notes that the restriction to a small neighborhood \(U\) of \(g_0\) is required since there exist non-trivial pairs of isospectral flat tori [\textit{J. H. Conway} and \textit{N. J. A. Sloane}, ``Four-dimensional lattices with the same theta series, Int. Math. Res. Not. 1992, No.4, 93--96 (1992; Zbl 0770.11022)]; [\textit{J. W. Milnor}, ``Eigenvalues of the Laplace operator on certain manifolds, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 51, 542 (1964; Zbl 0124.31202)]. The authors conjecture that a bi-invariant metric on a compact simple Lie group is globally spectrally determined among left-invariant metrics and provide supporting evidence for this conjecture.

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