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Laplace-Beltrami Operators on Noncommutative Tori

Operator Algebras 2020-01-09 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we construct Laplace-Beltrami operators associated with arbitrary Riemannian metrics on noncommutative tori of any dimension. These operators enjoy the main properties of the Laplace-Beltrami operators on ordinary Riemannian manifolds. The construction takes into account the non-triviality of the group of modular automorphisms. On the way we introduce notions of Riemannian density and Riemannian volumes for noncommutative tori.

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@article{arxiv.1905.09048,
  title  = {Laplace-Beltrami Operators on Noncommutative Tori},
  author = {Hyunsu Ha and Raphael Ponge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.09048},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

v2: typos have been fixed. New normalization of Riemannian volume. To appear in J. Geom. Phys., 28 pages