Division algebras and noncommensurable isospectral manifolds

Abstract: A. Reid showed that if

G a m m a_{1}

and

G a m m a_{2}

are arithmetic lattices in

G = o p e r a t o r n a m e {P G L}_{2} (m a t h b b R)

or in

o p e r a t o r n a m e {P G L}_{2} (m a t h b b C)

which give rise to isospectral manifolds, then

G a m m a_{1}

and

G a m m a_{2}

are commensurable (after conjugation). We show that for

d g e q 3

and

m a t h c a l S = o p e r a t o r n a m e {P G L}_{d} (m a t h b b R) / o p e r a t o r n a m e {P G O}_{d} (m a t h b b R)

, or

m a t h c a l S = o p e r a t o r n a m e {P G L}_{d} (m a t h b b C) / o p e r a t o r n a m e {P U}_{d} (m a t h b b C)

, the situation is quite different: there are arbitrarily large finite families of isospectral non-commensurable compact manifolds covered by

m a t h c a l S

. The constructions are based on the arithmetic groups obtained from division algebras with the same ramification points but different invariants.

Recommendations

Cites work

Cited in

(12)

This page was built for publication: Division algebras and noncommensurable isospectral manifolds