On the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture for hyperbolic arithmetic manifolds

Speaker
Zvi Shem Tov (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Date
08/12/2024 - 13:00 - 12:00Add to Calendar 2024-12-08 12:00:00 2024-12-08 13:00:00 On the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture for hyperbolic arithmetic manifolds   Suppose u_j is an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a compact Riemannian manifold, and consider the probability measures |u_j|^2 dvol.  The quantum ergodicity theorem of Shnirelman, Zelditch and Colin de Verdiere, states that if the geodesic flow on the manifold is ergodic then there is a density one subsequence of these measures that equidistributes. What about the remaining eigenfunctions? The quantum unique ergodicity conjecture of Rudnick and Sarnak states that for hyperbolic manifolds (or more generally for negatively curved manifolds), any sequence of measures as above equidistributes.  In 2006 Lindenstrauss proved that this is true for Hecke-Maass forms on congruence surfaces. These are eigenfunctions of both the Laplacian and the Hecke operators, which are discrete averaging operators coming from the arithmetic structure of the manifold.   We will discuss our extensions of Lindenstrauss’ results to the three and (partially) four dimensional cases. One of the challenges that arise in the higher dimensional case is to rule out concentration of measure on totally geodesic submanifolds. We will focus on this issue and our new methods for showing non-concentration.       Based on joint works with Alexandre de Faveri and Lior Silberman.  Math seminar room (building 216, room 201) אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - המחלקה למתמטיקה mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Place
Math seminar room (building 216, room 201)
Abstract

 

Suppose u_j is an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a compact Riemannian manifold, and consider the probability measures |u_j|^2 dvol.  The quantum ergodicity theorem of Shnirelman, Zelditch and Colin de Verdiere, states that if the geodesic flow on the manifold is ergodic then there is a density one subsequence of these measures that equidistributes. What about the remaining eigenfunctions? The quantum unique ergodicity conjecture of Rudnick and Sarnak states that for hyperbolic manifolds (or more generally for negatively curved manifolds), any sequence of measures as above equidistributes.  In 2006 Lindenstrauss proved that this is true for Hecke-Maass forms on congruence surfaces. These are eigenfunctions of both the Laplacian and the Hecke operators, which are discrete averaging operators coming from the arithmetic structure of the manifold.  

We will discuss our extensions of Lindenstrauss’ results to the three and (partially) four dimensional cases. One of the challenges that arise in the higher dimensional case is to rule out concentration of measure on totally geodesic submanifolds. We will focus on this issue and our new methods for showing non-concentration.  
   
Based on joint works with Alexandre de Faveri and Lior Silberman. 

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