Natural Vector Bundles and Natural Differential Operators

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuu Lian Terng
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Natural Vector

scholarly journals Generic Dynamical Properties of Connections on Vector Bundles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihajlo Cekić ◽  
Thibault Lefeuvre
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Parallel Transport ◽  
Conformal Killing ◽  
Generic Properties ◽  
Geometric Problems ◽  
Pseudo Differential Operators ◽  
Divergence Type ◽  
Open Question

Abstract Given a smooth Hermitian vector bundle $\mathcal{E}$ over a closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, we study generic properties of unitary connections $\nabla ^{\mathcal{E}}$ on the vector bundle $\mathcal{E}$. First of all, we show that twisted conformal Killing tensors (CKTs) are generically trivial when $\dim (M) \geq 3$, answering an open question of Guillarmou–Paternain–Salo–Uhlmann [ 14]. In negative curvature, it is known that the existence of twisted CKTs is the only obstruction to solving exactly the twisted cohomological equations, which may appear in various geometric problems such as the study of transparent connections. The main result of this paper says that these equations can be generically solved. As a by-product, we also obtain that the induced connection $\nabla ^{\textrm{End}({\operatorname{{\mathcal{E}}}})}$ on the endomorphism bundle $\textrm{End}({\operatorname{{\mathcal{E}}}})$ has generically trivial CKTs as long as $(M,g)$ has no nontrivial CKTs on its trivial line bundle. Eventually, we show that, under the additional assumption that $(M,g)$ is Anosov (i.e., the geodesic flow is Anosov on the unit tangent bundle), the connections are generically opaque, namely that generically there are no non-trivial subbundles of $\mathcal{E}$ that are preserved by parallel transport along geodesics. The proofs rely on the introduction of a new microlocal property for (pseudo)differential operators called operators of uniform divergence type, and on perturbative arguments from spectral theory (especially on the theory of Pollicott–Ruelle resonances in the Anosov case).

scholarly journals SOME INDEX FORMULAE ON THE MODULI SPACE OF STABLE PARABOLIC VECTOR BUNDLES

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
PIERRE ALBIN ◽  
FRÉDÉRIC ROCHON
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Index Theorem ◽  
Chern Classes ◽  
Chern Characters ◽  
Natural Vector ◽  
Parabolic Structure ◽  
Determinant Bundles ◽  
Natural Families

AbstractWe study natural families of $\bar {\partial } $-operators on the moduli space of stable parabolic vector bundles. Applying a families index theorem for hyperbolic cusp operators from our previous work, we find formulae for the Chern characters of the associated index bundles. The contributions from the cusps are explicitly expressed in terms of the Chern characters of natural vector bundles related to the parabolic structure. We show that our result implies formulae for the Chern classes of the associated determinant bundles consistent with a result of Takhtajan and Zograf.

scholarly journals Involutive Property of Resolutions of Differential Operators

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-427
Author(s):  
Masatake Kuranishi
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Differential Operator ◽  
Vector Space ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Linear Differential Operator ◽  
First Order ◽  
Linear Differential

Let E and E′ be C∞ vector bundles over a C∞ manifold M. Denote by Γ(E) (resp. by Γ(E′) the vector space of C∞ cross-sections of E (resp. of E′) over M. Take a linear differential operator of the first order D: Γ(E) → Γ(E′) induced by a vector bundle mapping σ(D): jl(E) ′ E′, where Jk(E) denotes the vector bundle of k-jets of cross-sections of E.

scholarly journals HEAT KERNEL ASYMPTOTICS OF OPERATORS WITH NON-LAPLACE PRINCIPAL PART

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (07) ◽  
pp. 847-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN G. AVRAMIDI ◽  
THOMAS BRANSON
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Expansion ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Principal Part ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Partial Differential Operators ◽  
Heat Kernel Asymptotics ◽  
Laplace Type

We consider second-order elliptic partial differential operators acting on sections of vector bundles over a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, working without the assumption of Laplace-like principal part -∇μ∇μ. Our objective is to obtain information on the asymptotic expansions of the corresponding resolvent and the heat kernel. The heat kernel and the Green's function are constructed explicitly in the leading order. The first two coefficients of the heat kernel asymptotic expansion are computed explicitly. A new semi-classical ansatz as well as the complete recursion system for the heat kernel of non-Laplace type operators is constructed. Some particular cases are studied in more detail.

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