On the local constancy of regularized superdeterminants along special families of differential operators

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Main Authors: Schiavina, Michele, Stucker, Thomas
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author Schiavina, Michele
Stucker, Thomas
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Stucker, Thomas
contents We consider the flat-regularized determinant of families of operators of the form $D_τ=[δ_τ,d_\nabla]$, where $τ\toδ_τ$ are families of degree $-1$ maps in the twisted de Rham complex $\left(Ω^\bullet(M,E),d_\nabla\right)$ generalizing the (twisted) Hodge codifferential. We show that under suitable assumptions, both geometrical and analytical in nature, the flat-regularized determinant of $D_τ$, restricted to the subspace $\mathrm{im}(δ_τ)$, is constant in $τ$. The general result we present implies both local constancy of the Ray--Singer torsion and of the value at zero of the Ruelle zeta function for a contact Anosov flow, upon choosing $δ_τ= δ_{g_τ}$, the Hodge codifferential for a family of metrics, and $δ_τ=ι_{X_τ}$, the contraction along a family of (regular, contact) Anosov vector fields, respectively.
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spellingShingle On the local constancy of regularized superdeterminants along special families of differential operators
Schiavina, Michele
Stucker, Thomas
Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Topology
Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
37C30, 58J52, 37D20, 58J10
We consider the flat-regularized determinant of families of operators of the form $D_τ=[δ_τ,d_\nabla]$, where $τ\toδ_τ$ are families of degree $-1$ maps in the twisted de Rham complex $\left(Ω^\bullet(M,E),d_\nabla\right)$ generalizing the (twisted) Hodge codifferential. We show that under suitable assumptions, both geometrical and analytical in nature, the flat-regularized determinant of $D_τ$, restricted to the subspace $\mathrm{im}(δ_τ)$, is constant in $τ$. The general result we present implies both local constancy of the Ray--Singer torsion and of the value at zero of the Ruelle zeta function for a contact Anosov flow, upon choosing $δ_τ= δ_{g_τ}$, the Hodge codifferential for a family of metrics, and $δ_τ=ι_{X_τ}$, the contraction along a family of (regular, contact) Anosov vector fields, respectively.
title On the local constancy of regularized superdeterminants along special families of differential operators
topic Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Topology
Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
37C30, 58J52, 37D20, 58J10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03404