Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
1998-09-24
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
LaTeX 2e; 25 pages
Scientific paper
Let $M$ be an oriented even-dimensional Riemannian manifold on which a discrete group $\Gamma$ of orientation-preserving isometries acts freely, so that the quotient $X=M/\Gamma$ is compact. We prove a vanishing theorem for a half-kernel of a $\Gamma$-invariant Dirac operator on a $\Gamma$-equivariant Clifford module over $M$, twisted by a sufficiently large power of a $\Gamma$-equivariant line bundle, whose curvature is non-degenerate at any point of $M$. This generalizes our previous vanishing theorems for Dirac operators on a compact manifold. In particular, if $M$ is an almost complex manifold we prove a vanishing theorem for the half-kernel of a $\spin^c$ Dirac operator, twisted by a line bundle with curvature of a mixed sign. In this case we also relax the assumption of non-degeneracy of the curvature. When $M$ is a complex manifold our results imply analogues of Kodaira and Andreotti-Grauert vanishing theorems for covering manifolds. As another application, we show that semiclassically the $\spin^c$ quantization of an almost complex covering manifold gives an "honest" Hilbert space. This generalizes a result of Borthwick and Uribe, who considered quantization of compact manifolds. Application of our results to homogeneous manifolds of a real semisimple Lie group leads to new proofs of Griffiths-Schmidt and Atiyah-Schmidt vanishing theorems.
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