Injectivity conjecture for the geodesic Wilson loop operator

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be a closed odd-dimensional Riemannian manifold with Anosov geodesic flow. Let A\boldsymbol{A} denote the moduli space of the relevant connections, let obreakmathcalC\boldsymbol{ obreakmathcal{C}}^{\sharp} denote the set of primitive closed geodesics, and define the geodesic Wilson loop operator by

W:A(C),W(a)(c):=Tr(HolE(c)).\mathbf{W}: \mathbf{A} \to \ell^\infty(\mathcal{C}^{\sharp}), \qquad \mathbf{W}(a)(c):= \operatorname{Tr}(\operatorname{Hol}_{\nabla^{E}}(c)).

Wilson-loop injectivity conjecture. If (M,g)(M,g) is a closed odd-dimensional Riemannian manifold with Anosov geodesic flow, then the Wilson loop operator

W:A(C)\mathbf{W}: \mathbf{A} \to \ell^\infty(\mathcal{C}^{\sharp})

is injective.

This conjecture reduces the associated inverse problem for connection Laplacians to recovering a connection from traces of holonomies along primitive closed geodesics. The supplied source does not state that the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Mihajlo Cekić and Thibault Lefeuvre, “Isospectral connections, ergodicity of frame flows, and polynomial maps between spheres”, arXiv:2209.11109 (2023).

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