A noncommutative integral on spectrally truncated spectral triples, and a link with quantum ergodicity

Abstract

We propose a simple approximation of the noncommutative integral in noncommutative geometry for the Connes–Van Suijlekom paradigm of spectrally truncated spectral triples. A close connection between this approximation and the field of quantum ergodicity and work by Widom in particular immediately provides a Szegő limit formula for noncommutative geometry. We then make a connection to the density of states. Finally, we propose a definition for the ergodicity of geodesic flow for compact spectral triples. This definition is known in quantum ergodicity as uniqueness of the vacuum state for $C^{⁎}$-dynamical systems, and for spectral triples where local Weyl laws hold this implies that the Dirac operator of the spectral triple is quantum ergodic. This brings to light a close connection between quantum ergodicity and Connes' integral formula.