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NONCLASSICAL SPECTRAL ASYMPTOTICS AND DIXMIER TRACES: FROM CIRCLES TO CONTACT MANIFOLDS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2017
Abstract
We consider the spectral behavior and noncommutative geometry of commutators $[P,f]$, where $P$ is an operator of order 0 with geometric origin and $f$ a multiplication operator by a function. When $f$ is Hölder continuous, the spectral asymptotics is governed by singularities. We study precise spectral asymptotics through the computation of Dixmier traces; such computations have only been considered in less singular settings. Even though a Weyl law fails for these operators, and no pseudodifferential calculus is available, variations of Connes’ residue trace theorem and related integral formulas continue to hold. On the circle, a large class of nonmeasurable Hankel operators is obtained from Hölder continuous functions $f$, displaying a wide range of nonclassical spectral asymptotics beyond the Weyl law. The results extend from Riemannian manifolds to contact manifolds and noncommutative tori.
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