Heat asymptotics for nonminimal Laplace type operators and application to noncommutative tori

Jul 30, 2017
24 pages
Published in:
  • J.Geom.Phys. 129 (2018) 1-24
  • Published: Jul, 2018
e-Print:

Citations per year

201820202022202420241204
Abstract: (Elsevier)
Let P be a Laplace type operator acting on a smooth hermitean vector bundle V of fiber CN over a compact Riemannian manifold given locally by P=−[gμνu(x)∂μ∂ν+vν(x)∂ν+w(x)] where u,vν,w are MN(C) -valued functions with u(x) positive and invertible. For any a∈Γ(End(V)) , we consider the asymptotics Tr(ae−tP)∼t↓0+∑r=0∞ar(a,P)t(r−d)∕2 where the coefficients ar(a,P) can be written as an integral of the functions ar(a,P)(x)=tr[a(x)Rr(x)] . The computation of R2 is performed opening the opportunity to calculate the modular scalar curvature for noncommutative tori.
Note:
  • 32 pages. v2: small modifications in the text, added the missing ancillary Mathematica notebook file which proves, by direct computations, some results established in the paper
  • 58J35
  • 35J47
  • 81T13
  • 46L87
  • Heat kernel
  • Nonminimal operator
  • Asymptotic heat trace
  • Laplace type operator
  • Scalar curvature
  • Noncommutative torus