Upper block triangular form for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the special orthogonal group acquired through a flag of trace polynomials spaces

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Main Authors: Birtea, Petre, Casu, Ioan, Comanescu, Dan
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author Birtea, Petre
Casu, Ioan
Comanescu, Dan
author_facet Birtea, Petre
Casu, Ioan
Comanescu, Dan
contents The Laplacian of a general trace polynomial function defined on the special orthogonal group $SO(N)$ is explicitly computed. An invariant flag of spaces generated by trace polynomials is constructed. The matrix of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $SO(N)$ for this flag of vector spaces takes an upper block triangular form. As a consequence of this construction, the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $SO(N)$ can be computed in an iterative manner. For the particular cases of the special orthogonal groups $SO(3)$ and $SO(4)$ the complete list of eigenvalues is obtained and the corresponding irreducible characters of the representation for these groups are expressed as trace polynomials.
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spellingShingle Upper block triangular form for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the special orthogonal group acquired through a flag of trace polynomials spaces
Birtea, Petre
Casu, Ioan
Comanescu, Dan
Mathematical Physics
15B10, 53Bxx, 58Cxx, 33C55, 42Cxx, 43Axx, 20Cxx
The Laplacian of a general trace polynomial function defined on the special orthogonal group $SO(N)$ is explicitly computed. An invariant flag of spaces generated by trace polynomials is constructed. The matrix of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $SO(N)$ for this flag of vector spaces takes an upper block triangular form. As a consequence of this construction, the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $SO(N)$ can be computed in an iterative manner. For the particular cases of the special orthogonal groups $SO(3)$ and $SO(4)$ the complete list of eigenvalues is obtained and the corresponding irreducible characters of the representation for these groups are expressed as trace polynomials.
title Upper block triangular form for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the special orthogonal group acquired through a flag of trace polynomials spaces
topic Mathematical Physics
15B10, 53Bxx, 58Cxx, 33C55, 42Cxx, 43Axx, 20Cxx
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08391