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The Generalized Legendre transform and its applications to inverse spectral problems

Spectral Theory 2016-01-20 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

Let MM be a Riemannian manifold, τ:G×MM\tau: G \times M \to M an isometric action on MM of an nn-torus GG and V:MRV: M \to \mathbb R a bounded GG-invariant smooth function. By GG-invariance the Schr\"odinger operator, P=2ΔM+VP=-\hbar^2 \Delta_M+V, restricts to a self-adjoint operator on L2(M)α/L^2(M)_{\alpha/\hbar}, α\alpha being a weight of GG and 1/1/\hbar a large positive integer. Let [cα,)[c_\alpha, \infty) be the asymptotic support of the spectrum of this operator. We will show that cαc_\alpha extend to a function, W:gRW: \mathfrak g^* \to \mathbb R and that, modulo assumptions on τ\tau and VV one can recover VV from WW, i.e. prove that VV is spectrally determined. The main ingredient in the proof of this result is the existence of a "generalized Legendre transform" mapping the graph of dWdW onto the graph of dVdV.

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@article{arxiv.1504.04256,
  title  = {The Generalized Legendre transform and its applications to inverse spectral problems},
  author = {Victor Guillemin and Zuoqin Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04256},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages

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