Adiabatic asymptotic formula for arbitrary foliations

Let F{\mathcal F} be an arbitrary foliation on a compact Riemannian manifold. In the above notation, let ΔF\Delta_F and ΔH\Delta_H denote the leafwise and transverse Laplacians, respectively, let ΔFN\Delta_{{\mathcal F}_N} be the corresponding leafwise Laplacian for the foliation FN{\mathcal F}_N on NFN^*{\mathcal F}, and let gNg_N denote the corresponding transverse symbol term. For any function fCc(R)f\in C^\infty_c({\mathbb R}), the adiabatic asymptotic conjecture. The asymptotic formula holds:

trf(ΔF+h2ΔH)=(2π)qhqtrFNf(ΔFN+gN)+o(hq),h0.\operatorname{tr} f(\Delta_F + h^2\Delta_H) =(2\pi)^{-q}h^{-q} \operatorname{tr}_{{\mathcal F}_N} f(\Delta_{{\mathcal F}_N}+g_N) +o(h^{-q}),\quad h\rightarrow 0.

The formula is known for Riemannian foliations and is conjectured to remain valid for arbitrary foliations; establishing it would extend the adiabatic spectral asymptotics beyond the Riemannian setting.

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Yuri Kordyukov, “Noncommutative spectral geometry of Riemannian foliations: some results and open problems”, arXiv:math/0601093 (2006).

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