Given a countable discrete group equipped with a proper length function, one can construct a natural spectral triple on its reduced group C$^{\ast}$-algebra. A well-studied question in non-commutative metric geometry is whether the Connes pseudo-metric associated with such a triple recovers the weak$^{\ast}$-topology on the state space, thereby yielding a compact quantum metric space in the sense of Rieffel. While this metric property is known to hold for several classes of groups - including those of polynomial growth and word-hyperbolic groups - it was widely expected that not every word-length function induces a compact quantum metric space. Despite this, no explicit counterexample has been identified to date. In this note, we provide the first family of counterexamples by proving that for every integer $d \geq 2$ the canonical spectral triple of the Lamplighter group $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})\wr\mathbb{F}_{d}$, equipped with the word-length function associated with a finite symmetric generating set, fails to be a spectral metric space.
In this paper, we explore how large a subset of a finite group can be without containing non-trivial solutions to linear equations of the form $aX+bY=cZ+dU$ (where $a+b=c+d$). These equations naturally generalize the classic concept of Sidon sets. Using Tao's slice rank method, we first establish strict upper bounds fo...
Nearly $\mathrm{G}_2$ manifolds are positive Einstein seven-dimensional manifolds whose associated cone metric has special holonomy equal to, or contained in, $\mathrm{Spin}(7)$. We study nearly parallel $\mathrm{G}_2$-structures invariant under a cohomogeneity-one action of $\mathrm{SO}(4)$, and construct the first in...
We extend the explicit octonionic approach to groups of type $\mathrm{E}_6$ to the twisted groups ${}^2\mathrm{SE}_{6,K}(F)$ associated with a quadratic Galois extension $K/F$. These groups act on the Albert space over $K$, preserving the Dickson--Freudenthal determinant and a Hermitean form. When the field norm $K^{\t...
J. Bray, Yegor Stepanov, Robert A. Wilson· 0 citations
For a finite abelian group $G$ acting linearly on the plane let $\mathcal{X}$ be the associated quotient stack. We analyze a fine moduli space which parameterizes zero dimensional substacks of $\mathcal{X}$ whose corresponding subschemes of the plane have a given representation type, denoted by $\mathcal{X}^{[\rho]}$....
We prove that a lattice $\Gamma$ in $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{R})$ or $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb C)$ has positive trace gap, meaning that its traces are uniformly separated, if and only if it is derived from an admissible quaternion algebra. For cocompact Fuchsian groups, this proves the positive trace gap conjecture attrib...
We construct linearly twisted spectral triples on $C^\ast$-crossed products $\mathfrak{A}\rtimes_\alpha\mathbb{Z}^d$, starting from a spectral triple $(\mathfrak{A},\mathcal{H},D)$ and an action $\alpha$ admitting an adapted weight. The weight compensates for the growth of the base Dirac operator under the dynamics whi...
Frederic Pierre Jean Latrémolière· 0 citations
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