Anantharaman–Nonnenmacher entropy conjecture for Anosov flows

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a Riemannian manifold, let φt\varphi^t be its geodesic flow on SMS^*M, let M(Δg)\mathcal M(\Delta_g) be the set of semiclassical measures of Laplace eigenfunctions, let hKS(μ)h_{KS}(\mu) be the Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy of μ\mu, and let JuJ^u denote the unstable Jacobian. Anantharaman–Nonnenmacher entropy conjecture. If φt\varphi^t has the Anosov property, then for every μM(Δg)\mu\in\mathcal M(\Delta_g),

hKS(μ)12SMlogJudμ.h_{KS}(\mu)\geq -\frac{1}{2}\int_{S^*M}\log J^u\,d\mu.

The conjecture gives a quantitative lower bound on the complexity of semiclassical measures and prevents complete concentration on dynamically simple invariant sets. In higher dimensions it remains open; the source mentions explicit bounds for locally symmetric spaces and symplectic linear maps of multidimensional tori.

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Primary source

Gabriel Rivière, “Semiclassical behaviour of quantum eigenstates”, arXiv:1905.12303 (2019).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2005–2019). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0911.4312, arXiv:math-ph/0512052.

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