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Twisted spectral triples and quantum statistical mechanical systems

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Spectral triples and quantum statistical mechanical systems are two important constructions in noncommutative geometry. In particular, both lead to interesting reconstruction theorems for a broad range of geometric objects, including number fields, spin manifolds, graphs. There are similarities between the two structures, and we show that the notion of twisted spectral triple, introduced recently by Connes and Moscovici, provides a natural bridge between them. We investigate explicit examples, related to the Bost-Connes quantum statistical mechanical system and to Riemann surfaces and graphs.

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Greenfield, M., Marcolli, M. & Teh, K. Twisted spectral triples and quantum statistical mechanical systems. P-Adic Num Ultrametr Anal Appl 6, 81–104 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070046614020010

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