NC functions over the nc Grassmannian
Hyuga Ito
TL;DR
The paper develops a non‑affine extension of kvv14 nc function theory to nc Grassmannians by defining $Gr^{(d;m)}(\mathcal{A})$, a Grassmannian intertwining property, and a new nc $(u,v)$‑difference‑differential operator $\widetilde{\Delta}_{u,v}^{(d;m)}$. It introduces the $(d;m)$‑Grassmannian $\mathcal{B}$‑resolvent $\widetilde{\mathfrak{R}}^{(d;m)}(\pi;\mathcal{B}|v,u)$ and its resolvent set $\widetilde{\rho}^{(d;m)}(\pi;\mathcal{B})$, proving a Grassmannian generalization of Voiculescu’s resolvent equation. The work connects Grassmannian resolvents to classical resolvents of unbounded operators via Halmos dilation, providing explicit formulas and illustrating with examples, while laying groundwork for flag manifold extensions and nc manifold perspectives. It also outlines several natural open questions about the representation, spectral data, and geometric structure (e.g., Schubert decomposition) in this non‑commutative geometric setting, highlighting potential applications to non‑commutative spectral analysis and function theory on manifolds beyond the affine case.
Abstract
We explain how to formulate Voiculescu's non-commutative Riemann sphere framework for fully matricial functions \cite{v10} within the theory of nc functions developed by Vinnikov and Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi \cite{kvv14}. We then extend this framework from the Riemann sphere to Grassmannians (and flag manifolds). Moreover, as an example of nc functions in this setting, we introduce a generalization of Voiculescu's non-commutative resolvent on the Riemann sphere, study a corresponding generalization of the resolvent equation, and discuss aspects of the spectral analysis of unbounded operators in Voiculescu's framework \cite{v10}.
