Holomorphic torsion on Hermitian symmetric spaces.
In this note we prove the stability of the Gieseker point of an irreducible homogeneous bundle over a rational homogeneous space. As an application we get a sharp upper estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian of an arbitrary Kähler metric on a compact Hermitian symmetric spaces of ABCD–type.
Let be a bounded symmetric domain in and an irreducible arithmetic lattice which operates freely on . We prove that the cusp–compactification of is hyperbolic.
We prove that the exceptional complex Lie group has a transitive action on the hyperplane section of the complex Cayley plane . Although the result itself is not new, our proof is elementary and constructive. We use an explicit realization of the vector and spin actions of . Moreover, we identify the stabilizer of the -action as a parabolic subgroup (with Levi factor ) of the complex Lie group . In the real case we obtain an analogous realization of .