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Sub-Riemannian limit of the differential form heat kernels on a contact Manifold

Hadrian Quan (UW)
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92841041429

Contact manifolds, which arise naturally in mechanics, dynamics, and geometry, carry natural Riemannian and sub-Riemannian structures and it was shown by Gromov that the latter can be obtained as a limit of the former. Subsequently, Rumin found a complex of differential forms reflecting the contact structure that computes the singular cohomology of the manifold. He used this complex to describe the behavior of the spectra of the Riemannian Hodge Lapacians in this sub-Riemannian limit. As many of the eigenvalues diverge, a refined analysis is necessary to determine the behavior of global spectral invariants. I will discuss joint work with Pierre Albin in which we determine the global behavior of the spectrum by explaining the structure of the heat kernel along this limit in a uniform way. In turn this will provide a means to analyze the limit of invariants such as the Eta invariant and Analytic Torsion.

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