Spectral gap of random covers of negatively curved noncompact surfaces

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Main Author: Moy, Julien
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contents Let $(X,g)$ be a complete noncompact geometrically finite surface with pinched negative curvature $-b^2\leq K_g \leq -1$. Let $λ_0(\widetilde{X})$ denote the bottom of the $L^2-$spectrum of the Laplacian on the universal cover $\widetilde{X}$. We show that a uniformly random degree-$n$ cover $X_n$ of $X$ has no eigenvalues below $λ_0(\widetilde{X})-\varepsilon$ other than those of $X$ and with the same multiplicity, with probability tending to $1$ as $n\to \infty$. This extends a result of Hide--Magee to metrics of pinched negative curvature.
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spellingShingle Spectral gap of random covers of negatively curved noncompact surfaces
Moy, Julien
Spectral Theory
35P15, 58J35, 60B20
Let $(X,g)$ be a complete noncompact geometrically finite surface with pinched negative curvature $-b^2\leq K_g \leq -1$. Let $λ_0(\widetilde{X})$ denote the bottom of the $L^2-$spectrum of the Laplacian on the universal cover $\widetilde{X}$. We show that a uniformly random degree-$n$ cover $X_n$ of $X$ has no eigenvalues below $λ_0(\widetilde{X})-\varepsilon$ other than those of $X$ and with the same multiplicity, with probability tending to $1$ as $n\to \infty$. This extends a result of Hide--Magee to metrics of pinched negative curvature.
title Spectral gap of random covers of negatively curved noncompact surfaces
topic Spectral Theory
35P15, 58J35, 60B20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07056