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Left-invariant geometries on $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ are uniformly doubling

Differential Geometry 2018-11-30 v3 Analysis of PDEs Probability

Abstract

A classical aspect of Riemannian geometry is the study of estimates that hold uniformly over some class of metrics. The best known examples are eigenvalue bounds under curvature assumptions. In this paper, we study the family of all left-invariant geometries on SU(2)\mathrm{SU}(2). We show that left-invariant geometries on SU(2)\mathrm{SU}(2) are uniformly doubling and give a detailed estimate of the volume of balls that is valid for any of these geometries and any radius. We discuss a number of consequences concerning the spectrum of the associated Laplacians and the corresponding heat kernels.

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@article{arxiv.1708.03021,
  title  = {Left-invariant geometries on $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ are uniformly doubling},
  author = {Nathaniel Eldredge and Maria Gordina and Laurent Saloff-Coste},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03021},
  year   = {2018}
}

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