Extremal eigenvectors, the spectral action, and the zeta spectral triple
By Alain Connes
I will first explain the joint work with Walter van Suijlekom on a new result about th zeros of the Fourier transform of extremal eigenvectors for quadratic forms associated to distributions on a bounded interval and its relation with the spectral action. Then I will explain how these results allow to advance in the joint work which I am doing with Consani and Moscovici on the zeta spectral triple. Finally, if time permits, I will discuss several ideas in connection with physics and non-commutative geometry.