The spectrum of Anosov representations

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Main Authors: Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes, Lefeuvre, Thibault, Weich, Tobias
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author Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes
Lefeuvre, Thibault
Weich, Tobias
author_facet Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes
Lefeuvre, Thibault
Weich, Tobias
contents Given a $\vartheta$-Anosov representation into a real reductive group $G$, we construct a natural resonance spectrum associated with the representation. This spectrum is a complex analytic variety of codimension $1$ in $(\mathfrak{a}_\vartheta^*)_{\mathbb{C}}$, the complexified dual of the split component of the associated Levi group $L_\vartheta < G$. We reinterpret several objects from the theory of Anosov representations within this spectral framework and investigate, in higher rank, questions that are classically related to Ruelle-Pollicott theory in the rank-one setting. In particular, the ``leading resonance'' -- which is now a hypersurface -- is identified with the critical hypersurface of the representation. As a corollary of our work, we prove that the zeta functions and Poincaré series associated with Anosov representations admit a meromorphic extension to $(\mathfrak{a}_\vartheta^*)_{\mathbb{C}}$. We also establish sharp mixing estimates for the refraction flow under a Diophantine condition on the representation. Most of our results concerning Anosov representations are obtained as a byproduct of a general theory of free Abelian cocycles over hyperbolic flows. This article is intended as a foundational work toward more advanced results such as higher-rank quantum/classical correspondence, the detection of topological invariants of representations via the value at zero of Poincaré series or the order of vanishing of zeta functions, sharp counting results for the Lyapunov spectrum, etc.
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spellingShingle The spectrum of Anosov representations
Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes
Lefeuvre, Thibault
Weich, Tobias
Representation Theory
Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
Given a $\vartheta$-Anosov representation into a real reductive group $G$, we construct a natural resonance spectrum associated with the representation. This spectrum is a complex analytic variety of codimension $1$ in $(\mathfrak{a}_\vartheta^*)_{\mathbb{C}}$, the complexified dual of the split component of the associated Levi group $L_\vartheta < G$. We reinterpret several objects from the theory of Anosov representations within this spectral framework and investigate, in higher rank, questions that are classically related to Ruelle-Pollicott theory in the rank-one setting. In particular, the ``leading resonance'' -- which is now a hypersurface -- is identified with the critical hypersurface of the representation. As a corollary of our work, we prove that the zeta functions and Poincaré series associated with Anosov representations admit a meromorphic extension to $(\mathfrak{a}_\vartheta^*)_{\mathbb{C}}$. We also establish sharp mixing estimates for the refraction flow under a Diophantine condition on the representation. Most of our results concerning Anosov representations are obtained as a byproduct of a general theory of free Abelian cocycles over hyperbolic flows. This article is intended as a foundational work toward more advanced results such as higher-rank quantum/classical correspondence, the detection of topological invariants of representations via the value at zero of Poincaré series or the order of vanishing of zeta functions, sharp counting results for the Lyapunov spectrum, etc.
title The spectrum of Anosov representations
topic Representation Theory
Dynamical Systems
Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24519