Multiplicities of the eigenvalues of periodic Dirac operators

Let us consider the Dirac operator

     

A Sobolev-like inequality for the Dirac operator

In this article, we prove a Sobolev-like inequality for the Dirac operator on closed compact Riemannian spin manifolds with a nearly optimal Sobolev constant. As an application, we give a criterion for the existence of solutions to a nonlinear equation with critical Sobolev exponent involving the Dirac operator. We finally specify a case where this equation can be solved.     

The Dirac operator on symplectic spinors

Symplectic spinors were introduced by B. Kostant in [4] in the context of geometric quantization. This paper presents further considerations concerning symplectic spinors. We define the spinor derivative induced by a symplectic covariant derivative. We compute an explicit formula for this spinor derivative and prove some elementary properties. This makes it possible to define the symplectic Dirac operator in a canonical way. In case of a symplectic and torsion-free covariant derivative it turns out to be formally selfadjoint.     

ESTIMATES OF EIGENVALUES FOR UNIFORMLY ELLIPTIC OPERATOR OF SECOND ORDER

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Extrinsic Bounds for Eigenvalues of the Dirac Operator

We derive upper eigenvalue bounds for the Dirac operator of a closed hypersurface in a manifold with Killing spinors such as Euclidean space, spheres or hyperbolic space. The bounds involve the Willmore functional. Relations with the Willmore inequality are briefly discussed. In higher codimension we obtain bounds on the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator of the submanifold twisted with the spinor bundle of the normal bundle.     

Manifolds with small Dirac eigenvalues are nilmanifolds

Consider the class of n-dimensional Riemannian spin manifolds with bounded sectional curvatures and bounded diameter, and almost non-negative scalar curvature. Let r = 1 if n = 2,3 and r = 2^[n/2]-1 + 1 if n ≥ 4. We show that if the square of the Dirac operator on such a manifold has r small eigenvalues, then the manifold is diffeomorphic to a nilmanifold and has trivial spin structure. Equivalently, if M is not a nilmanifold or if M is a nilmanifold with a non-trivial spin structure, then there exists a uniform lower bound on the r-th eigenvalue of the square of the Dirac operator. If a manifold with almost non-negative scalar curvature has one small Dirac eigenvalue, and if the volume is not too small, then we show that the metric is close to a Ricci-flat metric on M with a parallel spinor. In dimension 4 this implies that M is either a torus or a K3-surface.      

The Chern-Connes character for the Dirac operator on manifolds with boundary

A cyclic cocycle is constructed for the Dirac operator on a compact spin manifold with boundary with the -invariant cochain introduced as the boundary correction term. This cocycle is seen to satisfy certain growth condition weaker than being entire and its pairing with the Chern characters of idempotents as well as the relevant index formulae are studied. The -cochain is a generalization of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer -invariant and it carries information on the APS -invariants for Dirac operators twisted by bundles. It is also shown that one obtains the transgressed Chern character, defined by Connes and Moscovici, by applying the boundary operatorB in the cyclic bicomplex to the higher components of the -cochain.     

A super-twisted Dirac operator and Novikov inequalities

A super-twisted Dirac operator is constructed and deformed suitably. Following Shubin’s approach to Novikov inequalities associated to the deformed de Rham-Hodge operator, we give a for mula for the index of the super-twisted Dirac operator, and Novikov type inequalities for the deformed operator. In particular, we obtain a purely analytic proof of the Hopf index theorem for general vector bundles.     

Strict inequality of Robin eigenvalues for elliptic differential operators on Lipschitz domains

On a bounded Lipschitz domain we consider two selfadjoint operator realizations of the same second order elliptic differential expression subject to Robin boundary conditions, where the coefficients in the boundary conditions are functions. We prove that inequality between these functions on the boundary implies strict inequality between the eigenvalues of the two operators, provided that the inequality of the functions in the boundary conditions is strict on an arbitrarily small nonempty, open set.     

Spectral bounds for Dirac operators on open manifolds

We extend several classical eigenvalue estimates for Dirac operators on compact manifolds to noncompact, even incomplete manifolds. This includes Friedrich’s estimate for manifolds with positive scalar curvature as well as the author’s estimate on surfaces.      

Eigenvalues of the basic Dirac operator on quaternion-Kähler foliations

In this paper, we give an optimal lower bound for the eigenvalues of the basic Dirac operator on a quaternion-Kähler foliations. The limiting case is characterized by the existence of quaternion-Kähler Killing spinors. We end this paper by giving some examples.     

Prescribing eigenvalues of the Dirac operator

In this note we show that every compact spin manifold of dimension ≥3 can be given a Riemannian metric for which a finite part of the spectrum of the Dirac operator consists of arbitrarily prescribed eigenvalues with multiplicity 1.     

Lower Bounds for the Eigenvalues of the Dirac Operator: Part I. The Hypersurface Dirac Operator

We give optimal lower bounds for the hypersurface Diracoperator in terms of the Yamabe number, the energy-momentum tensor andthe mean curvature. In the limiting case, we prove that the hypersurfaceis an Einstein manifold with constant mean curvature.     

The distribution of eigenvalues of the Dirac operator

The Dirac system is studied on (-, ). Asymptotic formulas are obtained of the distribution for both positive, and negative eigenvalues. The asymptotic formulas, established in Theorem 1, are essentially different from formulas obtained by Sargsyan [1], and permit asymptotic formulas to be written for the distribution of positive (negative) eigenvalues, even in those cases when the negative (positive) spectrum is continuous, if appropriate conditions hold on the potential.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 843–852, December, 1973.In conclusion the author thanks R. S. Ismagilov and B. M. Levitan for valuable instructions and attention to this work.     

Sharp estimates and the Dirac operator

This paper establishes and extends a conjecture posed by M. Gromov which states that every riemannian metric on that strictly dominates the standard metric must have somewhere scalar curvature strictly less than that of . More generally, if is any compact spin manifold of dimension which admits a distance decreasing map of non-zero degree, then either there is a point with normalized scalar curvature , or is isometric to . The distance decreasing hypothesis can be replaced by the weaker assumption is contracting on -forms. In both cases, the results are sharp. An explicit counterexample is given to show that the result is no longer valid if one replaces 2-forms by -forms with . Received: 16 May 1996     

Dirac Operators on Hermitian Spin Surfaces

We prove the conformal invariance of the dimension of thekernel of any of the self-adjoint Dirac operators associated to thecanonical Hermitian connections on Hermitian spin surface. In the caseof a surface of nonnegative conformal scalar curvature we estimate thefirst eigenvalue of the self-adjoint Dirac operator associated to theChern connection and list the surfaces on which its kernel isnontrivial.     

Sinc-based computations of eigenvalues of Dirac systems

The celebrated classical sampling theorem is used to compute approximate values of the eigenvalues of Dirac systems with eigenvalue parameter in the boundary conditions. We deal with problems with an eigenparameter in one or two boundary conditions. The error analysis is established considering both truncation and amplitude errors associated with the sampling theorem. We indicate the role of the amplitude error as well as other parameters in the method via illustrative examples. AMS subject classification (2000)  34L16, 65L15, 94A20     

On the Absolutely Continuous Spectrum of Dirac Operator

Abstract

We prove that the massless Dirac operator in ?³ with long-range potential has an a.c. spectrum which fills the whole real line. The Dirac operators with matrix-valued potentials are considered as well.