Uniform spectral gaps for random hyperbolic surfaces with not many cusps

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Authors: Yuxin He, Yunhui Wu, Yuhao Xue
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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate uniform spectral gaps for Weil-Petersson random hyperbolic surfaces with not many cusps. We show that if $n=O(g^α)$ where $α\in \left[0,\frac{1}{2}\right)$, then for any $ε>0$, a random cusped hyperbolic surface in $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ has no eigenvalues in $\left(0,\frac{1}{4}-\left(\frac{1}{6(1-α)}\right)^2-ε\right)$. If $α$ is close to $\frac{1}{2}$, this gives a new uniform lower bound $\frac{5}{36}-ε$ for the spectral gaps of Weil-Petersson random hyperbolic surfaces. The major contribution of this work is to reveal a critical phenomenon of ``second order cancellation".

Fields of Study & Subjects

Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics Advanced Algebra and Geometry Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
9 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint