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Isospectral surfaces of genus two and three

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2012

DENNIS BARDEN
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge CB3 0WB. e-mail: db127@dpmms.cam.ac.uk
HYUNSUK KANG*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Hoegiro 87, Dong-daemun-gu, Seoul 130-722, Korea. e-mail: h.kang@kias.re.kr
*
Corresponding author

Abstract

We give examples of isospectral non-isometric surfaces of genus two and three with variable curvature, as well as hyperbolic orbifolds of genus two. We apply the first result to construct isospectral potentials on a Riemann surface of genus two.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2012

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