Analysis of the Hodge Laplacian on the Heisenberg Group

Analysis of the Hodge Laplacian on the Heisenberg Group
Author: Detlef Muller
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2014-12-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470409399

The authors consider the Hodge Laplacian \Delta on the Heisenberg group H_n, endowed with a left-invariant and U(n)-invariant Riemannian metric. For 0\le k\le 2n+1, let \Delta_k denote the Hodge Laplacian restricted to k-forms. In this paper they address three main, related questions: (1) whether the L^2 and L^p-Hodge decompositions, 1

On Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for $L^p$-Estimates of Riesz Transforms Associated to Elliptic Operators on $\mathbb {R}^n$ and Related Estimates

On Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for $L^p$-Estimates of Riesz Transforms Associated to Elliptic Operators on $\mathbb {R}^n$ and Related Estimates
Author: Pascal Auscher
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2007
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821839416

This memoir focuses on $Lp$ estimates for objects associated to elliptic operators in divergence form: its semigroup, the gradient of the semigroup, functional calculus, square functions and Riesz transforms. The author introduces four critical numbers associated to the semigroup and its gradient that completely rule the ranges of exponents for the $Lp$ estimates. It appears that the case $p2$ which is new. The author thus recovers in a unified and coherent way many $Lp$ estimates and gives further applications. The key tools from harmonic analysis are two criteria for $Lp$ boundedness, one for $p2$ but in ranges different from the usual intervals $(1,2)$ and $(2,\infty)$.

Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold

Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold
Author: Steve Zelditch
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470410370

Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of a Riemannian manifold can be described in terms of vibrating membranes as well as quantum energy eigenstates. This book is an introduction to both the local and global analysis of eigenfunctions. The local analysis of eigenfunctions pertains to the behavior of the eigenfunctions on wavelength scale balls. After re-scaling to a unit ball, the eigenfunctions resemble almost-harmonic functions. Global analysis refers to the use of wave equation methods to relate properties of eigenfunctions to properties of the geodesic flow. The emphasis is on the global methods and the use of Fourier integral operator methods to analyze norms and nodal sets of eigenfunctions. A somewhat unusual topic is the analytic continuation of eigenfunctions to Grauert tubes in the real analytic case, and the study of nodal sets in the complex domain. The book, which grew out of lectures given by the author at a CBMS conference in 2011, provides complete proofs of some model results, but more often it gives informal and intuitive explanations of proofs of fairly recent results. It conveys inter-related themes and results and offers an up-to-date comprehensive treatment of this important active area of research.