Spectral Functionals, Nonholonomic Dirac Operators, and Noncommutative Ricci Flows

JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 50, 073503 共2009兲
Spectral functionals, nonholonomic Dirac operators,

and noncommutative Ricci flows
Sergiu I. Vacarua兲
Science Department, University “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, 54. Lascar Catargi street, Iaşi, 700107
Romania
and The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Science, 222 College Street,
2nd Floor, Toronto M5T 3J1, Canada
共Received 13 July 2008; accepted 27 May 2009; published online 9 July 2009兲
We formulate a noncommutative generalization of the Ricci flow theory in the

framework of spectral action approach to noncommutative geometry. Grisha Perel-
man’s functionals are generated as commutative versions of certain spectral func-
tionals defined by nonholonomic Dirac operators and corresponding spectral triples.
We derive the formulas for spectral averaged energy and entropy functionals and
state the conditions when such values describe 共non兲holonomic Riemannian
configurations. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. 关DOI: 10.1063/1.3157146兴
I. INTRODUCTION
The Ricci flow equations1 and Perelman functionals2 can be redefined with respect to moving
frames subjected to nonholonomic constraints.3 共There are used also some other equivalent terms
such as anholonomic or nonintegrable, restrictions/constraints; we emphasize that in classical and
quantum physics the field and evolution equations play a fundamental role but together with
certain types of constraints and broken symmetries; a rigorous mathematical approach to modern
physical theories can be elaborated only following geometric methods from “nonholonomic field
theory and mechanics.”兲 Considering models of evolution of geometric objects in a form adapted
to certain classes of nonholonomic constraints, we proved that metrics and connections defining
共pseudo兲 Riemannian spaces may flow into similar nonholonomically deformed values modeling
generalized Finsler and Lagrange configurations,4 with symmetric and nonsymmetric metrics, or
possessing noncommutative symmetries.5
The original Hamilton–Perelman constructions were for unconstrained flows of metrics evolv-
ing only on 共pseudo兲 Riemannian manifolds. There were proven a set of fundamental results in
mathematics and physics 共for instance, Thurston and Poincaré conjectures, related to space-time
topological properties, Ricci flow running of physical constants and fields, etc兲, see Refs. 6–9, for
reviews of mathematical results, and Refs. 10, 11, and 3, for some applications in physics. Nev-
ertheless, a number of important problems in geometry and physics are considered in the frame-
work of classical and quantum field theories with constraints 共for instance, the Lagrange and
Hamilton mechanics, Dirac quantization of constrained systems, gauge theories with broken sym-
metries, etc兲. With respect to the Ricci flow theory, to impose constraints on evolution equations
is to extend the research programs on manifolds enabled with nonholonomic distributions, i.e., to
study flows of fundamental geometric structures on nonholonomic manifolds. 共On applications of
the geometry of nonholonomic manifolds 共which are manifolds enabled with nonholonomic
distributions/structures兲 to standard theories of physics, see Refs. 12 and 4; historical reviews of
results and applications to Finsler, Lagrange, Hamilton geometry and generalizations are consid-
ered in Refs. 13–15.兲
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Imposing certain noncommutative conditions on physical variables and coordinates in an

evolution theory, we transfer the constructions and methods into the field of noncommutative
geometric analysis on nonholonomic manifolds. This also leads naturally to various problems
related to noncommutative generalizations of the Ricci flow theory and possible applications in
modern physics.
In this work, we follow the approach to noncommutative geometry when the spectral action
paradigm,16 with spectral triples and Dirac operators, gives us a very elegant formulation of the
standard model in physics. We cite here some series of works on noncommutative Connes–Lott
approach to the standard model and further developments and alternative approaches,17–29 see also
a recent review of results in Ref. 30 and monographs.31–33
Following the spectral action paradigm, all details of the standard models of particle interac-
tions and gravity can be “extracted” from a noncommutative geometry generated by a spectral
triple 共A , H , D兲 by postulating the action
Tr f共D2/⌳2兲 + 具⌿兩D兩⌿典, 共1兲
where “spectral” is in the sense that the action depends only on the spectrum of the Dirac operator
D on a certain noncommutative space defined by a noncommutative associative algebra A
= C⬁共V兲丢 PA. 共We use a different system of notations than that in Refs. 29 and 30 because we
have to adapt the formalism to denotations and methods formally elaborated in noncommutative
geometry, Ricci flow theory, and nonholonomic geometries.兲 In formula 共1兲, Tr is the trace in
operator algebra and ⌿ is a spinor, all defined for a Hilbert space H, ⌳ is a cutoff scale, and f is
a positive function. For a number of physical applications, PA is a finite dimensional algebra and
C⬁共V兲 is the algebra of complex valued and smooth functions over a “space” V, a topological
manifold, which for different purposes can be enabled with various necessary geometric struc-
tures. The spectral geometry of A is given by the product rule H = L2共V , S兲丢 PH, where L2共V , S兲
is the Hilbert space of L2 spinors and PH is the Hilbert space of quarks and leptons fixing the
choice of the Dirac operator PD and the action PA for fundamental particles. Usually, the Dirac
operator from 共1兲 is parametrized D = VD 丢 1 + ␥5 丢 PD, where VD is the Dirac operator of the
Levi–Civita spin connection on V. 共In this work, we shall use left “up” and “low” abstract labels
which should not be considered as tensor or spinor indices written in the right side of symbols for
geometrical objects.兲
In order to construct exact solutions with noncommutative symmetries and noncommutative
gauge models of gravity5,34 and include dilaton fields,35 one has to use instead of VD certain
generalized types of Dirac operators defined by nonholonomic and/or conformal deformations of
the “primary” Levi–Civita spin connection. In a more general context, the problem of constructing
well defined geometrically and physically motivated nonholonomic Dirac operators is related to
the problem of definition of spinors and Dirac operators on Finsler–Lagrange spaces and
generalizations;36–38 for a review of results, see Refs. 39 and 40 and Part III in the collection of
works,12 containing a series of papers and references on noncommutative generalizations of
Riemann–Finsler and Lagrange–Hamilton geometries, nonholonomic Clifford structures and Dirac
operators and applications to standard models of physics and string theory.
The aims and results of this article are outlined as follows. Section II is devoted to an
introduction to the geometry of nonholonomic 共commutative兲 Riemannian manifolds and defini-
tion of spinors on such manifolds. Nonholonomic Dirac operators and related spectral triples are
considered in Sec. III. We show how to compute distances in such nonholonomic spinor spaces.
The main purpose of this paper 共see Sec. IV兲 is to prove that the Perelman’s functionals2 and their
generalizations for nonholonomic Ricci flows in Ref. 3 can be extracted from corresponding
spectral functionals defining flows of a generalized Dirac operator and their scalings. Finally, in
Sec. V we discuss and conclude the results of the paper. Certain important component formulas
are outlined in Appendix.
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II. NONHOLONOMIC MANIFOLDS AND SPINOR STRUCTURES

The concept of nonholonomic manifold was introduced independently by Vrǎnceanu41 and
Horak42 for geometric interpretations of nonholonomic mechanical systems 共see modern ap-
proaches and historical remarks in Refs. 13, 12, and 43兲. They called a pair 共V , N兲, where V is a
manifold and N is a nonintegrable distribution on V, to be a nonholonomic manifold and consid-
ered new classes of linear connections 共which were different from the Levi–Civita connection兲.
Three well-known classes of nonholonomic manifolds, when the nonholonomic distribution de-
fines a nonlinear connection 共N-connection兲 structure, are defined by Finsler spaces44–46 and their
generalizations as Lagrange and Hamilton spaces and higher order models47,14,15,48 共usually such
geometries are modeled on a tangent bundle兲. More recent examples, related to exact off-diagonal
solutions and nonholonomic frames in Einstein/string/gauge/quantum/noncommutative gravity
and nonholonomic Fedosov manifolds,5,49,12,50 also emphasize nonholonomic geometric structures
but on generic space-time manifolds and generalizations.
The aim of this section is to formulate the geometry of nonholonomic Clifford structures in a
form adapted to generalizations for noncommutative spaces.
A. Nonholonomic distributions and nonlinear connections

We consider a 共n + m兲-dimensional manifold V, with n ⱖ 2 and m ⱖ 1 共for simplicity, in this
work, V is a real smooth Riemannian space兲. The local coordinates on V are denoted u = 共x , y兲 or
u␣ = 共xi , y a兲, where the “horizontal” 共h兲 indices run the values i , j , k , . . . = 1 , 2 , . . . , n and the “ver-
tical” 共v兲 indices run the values a , b , c , . . . = n + 1 , n + 2 , . . . , n + m. We parametrize a metric struc-
ture on V in the form
g = gគ ␣␤共u兲du␣ 丢 du␤ 共2兲
defined with respect to a local coordinate basis du␣ = 共dxi , dy a兲 by coefficients
gគ ␣␤ = 冋 gij共u兲 + N
គ ai 共u兲N
គ bj 共u兲hab共u兲 N
គ ei 共u兲hbe共u兲
N
គ ej 共u兲hae共u兲
hab共u兲
册 . 共3兲
We denote by ␲ : TV → TV the differential of a map V → V defined by fiber preserving

morphisms of the tangent bundles TV and TV, where V is a n-dimensional manifold of necessary
smooth class. 共For simplicity, we restrict our considerations for a subclass of nonholonomic
distributions N modeling certain fibered structures V → V with constant rank ␲. In such a case, the
map ␲ is similar to that for a vector bundle with total space V and base V. In general, we can use
any map ␲ for which the kernel defines a corresponding vertical subspace as a nonholonomic
distribution.兲 The kernel of ␲ is just the vertical subspace vV with a related inclusion mapping
i : vV → TV.
Definition 2.1: A nonlinear connection (N-connection兲 N on a manifold V is defined by the
splitting on the left of an exact sequence,
i
0 → vV→ TV → TV/vV → 0,
i.e., by a morphism of submanifolds N : TV → vV, such that N ⴰ i is the unity in vV.
Locally, a N-connection is defined by its coefficients Nai 共u兲,
⳵
N = Nai 共u兲dxi 丢 . 共4兲
⳵ ya
Globalizing the local splitting, one prove that any N-connection is defined by a Whitney sum of
conventional horizontal 共h兲 subspace, 共hV兲, and vertical 共v兲 subspace, 共vV兲,
TV = hV 丣 vV. 共5兲
The sum 共5兲 states on TV a nonholonomic distribution of horizontal and vertical subspaces.
The well-known class of linear connections consists on a particular subclass with the coefficients
being linear on y a, i.e., Nai 共u兲 = ⌫abj共x兲y b.
For simplicity, we shall work with a particular class of nonholonomic manifolds.
Definition 2.2: A manifold V is N-anholonomic if its tangent space TV is enabled with a
N-connection structure (5).
There are also two important examples of N-anholonomic manifolds modeled on bundle
spaces.
Example 2.1:
共a兲 A vector bundle E = 共E , ␲ , M , N兲 defined by a surjective projection ␲ : E → M, with M being
the base manifold, dim M = n, and E being the total space, dim E = n + m, and provided with
a N-connection splitting (5) is a N-anholonomic vector bundle.
共b兲 A particular case is that of N-anholonomic tangent bundle TM = 共TM , ␲ , M , N兲, with dimen-
sions n = m. 共For the tangent bundle TM, we can consider that both type of indices run the
same values.兲
Following our unified geometric formalism, we can write that in the above mentioned ex-
amples V = E or V = TM.
A N-anholonomic manifold is characterized by its curvature.
Definition 2.3: The N-connection curvature is defined as the Neijenhuis tensor,
⍀共X,Y兲 ⯐ 关vX, vY兴 + v关X,Y兴 − v关vX,Y兴 − v关X, vY兴.

In local form, we have for ⍀ = 21 ⍀aijdi ∧ d j 丢 ⳵a the coefficients
⳵ Nai ⳵ Naj b ⳵Nj b ⳵ Ni

a a
⍀aij = − + N − N . 共6兲
⳵xj ⳵ xi i
⳵ yb j
⳵ yb
Performing a frame 共vielbein兲 transform e␣ = e␣␣⳵␣ and e␤ = e␤␤គ du␤គ , where we underline the local
coordinate indices, when ⳵␣គ = ⳵ / ⳵u␣គ = 共⳵គi = ⳵ / ⳵xគi , ⳵ / ⳵y aគ 兲, with coefficients
e␣␣គ 共u兲 = 冋 eគii共u兲 Nbi 共u兲eabគ 共u兲

0 eaaគ 共u兲
册 , e␤␤គ 共u兲 = 冋 eគii共u兲 − Nbk 共u兲eគik共u兲
0 eaaគ 共u兲
册 ,
we transform the metric 共5兲 into a distinguished metric 共d-metric兲,
g = hg + vh = gij共x,y兲ei 丢 e j + hab共x,y兲ea 丢 eb , 共7兲

for an associated, to a N-connection, frame 共vielbein兲 structure e␯ = 共ei , ea兲, where
⳵ ⳵ ⳵
i − Ni 共u兲共8兲
a
ei = and ea = ,
⳵x ⳵ ya ⳵ ya
and the dual frame 共coframe兲 structure e␮ = 共ei , ea兲, where
ei = dxi and ea = dy a + Nai 共u兲dxi . 共9兲

A vector field X 苸 TV can be expressed as
X = 共hX, vX兲 or X = X ␣e ␣ = X ie i + X ae a ,
where hX = Xiei and vX = Xaea state, respectively, the adapted to the N-connection structure hori-
zontal 共h兲 and vertical 共v兲 components of the vector. In brief, X is called a distinguished vector 共in
brief, d-vector兲. 共The vielbeins 共8兲 and 共9兲 are called, respectively, N-adapted frames and cof-
rames. In order to preserve a relation with some previous our notations,5,12 we emphasize that
e␯ = 共ei , ea兲 and e␮ = 共ei , ea兲 are correspondingly the former “N-elongated” partial derivatives ␦␯
= ␦ / ⳵u␯ = 共␦i , ⳵a兲 and “N-elongated” differentials ␦␮ = ␦u␮ = 共di , ␦a兲. They define certain
“N-elongated” differential operators which are more convenient for tensor and integral calcula-
tions on such nonholonomic manifolds.兲
Convention 2.1: The geometric objects on V like tensors, spinors, connections, etc., are
called, respectively, d-tensors, d-spinors, d-connections, etc., if they are adapted to the
N-connection splitting (5).
The vielbeins 共9兲 satisfy the nonholonomy relations
␥
关e␣,e␤兴 = e␣e␤ − e␤e␣ = W␣␤ e␥ , 共10兲
with 共antisymmetric兲 nontrivial anholonomy coefficients Wbia = ⳵aNbi
and Waji = ⍀aij.
On any commutative nonholonomic manifold V, we can work equivalently with an infinite
number of d-connections ND = N⌫共g兲, which are d-metric compatible, NDg = 0, and uniquely de-
fined by a given metric g. Writing the deformation relation
N
⌫共g兲 = ⌫共g兲 + NZ共g兲, 共11兲
where the deformation tensor NZ共g兲 is also uniquely defined by g, we can transform any geometric
construction for the Levi–Civita connection ⌫共g兲 equivalently into corresponding constructions for
the d-connection N⌫共g兲, and inversely, see details in Refs. 3–5, 12, and 51. From a formal point of
view, there is a nontrivial torsion NT共g兲, computed following formula 共A2兲, with coefficients 共A3兲,
all considered for N⌫共g兲. This torsion is induced nonholonomically as an effective one 关by an-
holonomy coefficients, see 共10兲 and 共6兲兴 and constructed only from the coefficients of metric g.
Such a torsion is completely deferent from that in string, or Einstein–Cartan, theory when the
torsion tensor is an additional 共to metric兲 field defined by an antisymmetric H-field or spinning
matter, see Ref. 52.
The main conclusion of this section is that working with nonholonomic distributions on
formal Riemannian manifolds we can model, by anholonomic frames and adapted geometric
objects, various types of geometric structures and physical theories with generic off-diagonal
gravitational interactions, constrained Lagrange–Hamilton dynamics, Finsler and Lagrange spaces,
etc.
B. N-anholonomic spin structures

The spinor bundle on a manifold, M , dim M = n, is constructed on the tangent bundle TM by
substituting the group SO共n兲 by its universal covering Spin共n兲. If a horizontal quadratic form
h
gij共x , y兲 is defined on TxhV, we can consider h-spinor spaces in every point x 苸 hV with fixed y a.
The constructions can be completed on TV by using the d-metric g 共7兲. In this case, the group
SO共n + m兲 is not only substituted by Spin共n + m兲 but with respect to N-adapted frames 共8兲 and 共9兲
there are emphasized decompositions to Spin共n兲丣 Spin共m兲. 共It should be noted here that spin
bundles may not exist for general holonomic or nonholonomic manifolds. For simplicity, we do
not provide such topological considerations in this paper, see Ref. 53 on nontrivial topological
configurations with nonholonomic manifolds. We state that we shall work only with
N-anholonomic manifolds for which certain spinor structures can be defined both for the h- and
v-splitting; the existence of a well defined decomposition Spin共n兲丣 Spin共m兲 follows from
N-connection splitting 共5兲.兲
1. Clifford N-adapted modules „d-modules…

A Clifford d-algebra is a ∧Vn+m algebra endowed with a product
uv + vu = 2g共u,v兲I
distinguished into h- and v-products,
h
u hv + hv hu = 2 hg共u, v兲hI,
v
u vv + vv vu = 2 vh共 vu, vv兲vI,
for any u = 共 hu , vu兲 , v = 共 hv , vv兲苸 Vn+m, where I, hI, and vI are unity matrices of corresponding
dimensions 共n + m兲 ⫻ 共n + m兲 or n ⫻ n and m ⫻ m.
A metric hg on hV is defined by sections of the tangent space ThV provided with a bilinear
symmetric form on continuous sections ⌫共ThV兲. 共For simplicity, we shall consider only “horizon-
tal” geometric constructions if they are similar to “vertical” ones.兲 This allows us to define
Clifford h-algebras hCl共TxhV兲 in any point x 苸 ThV,
␥i␥ j + ␥ j␥i = 2ghijI.

For any point x 苸 hV and fixed y = y 0, there exists a standard complexification, TxhVC ⬟ TxhV
+ iTxhV, which can be used for definition of the “involution” operator on sections of TxhVC,
h ⴱ
h
␴1 h␴2共x兲 ⬟ h␴2共x兲 h␴1共x兲, ␴ 共x兲 ⬟ h␴共x兲ⴱ, ∀ x 苸 hV,
h
where “*” denotes the involution on every Cl共TxhV兲.
Definition 2.4: A Clifford d-space on a nonholonomic manifold V enabled with a d-metric
g共x , y兲 (7) and a N-connection N (4) is defined as a Clifford bundle Cl共V兲 = hCl共hV兲丣 vCl共vV兲 for
the Clifford h-space hCl共hV兲 ⬟ hCl共TⴱhV兲 and Clifford -space vCl共vV兲 ⬟ vCl共TⴱvV兲.
For a fixed N-connection structure, a Clifford N-anholonomic bundle on V is defined
N
Cl共V兲 ⬟ NCl共TⴱV兲.
Let us consider a complex vector bundle E␲ : E → V on an N-anholonomic space V when the
N-connection structure is given for the base manifold. The Clifford d-module of a vector bundle E
is defined by the C共V兲-module ⌫共E兲 of continuous sections in E,
c:⌫共 NCl共V兲兲 → End共⌫共E兲兲.

In general, a vector bundle on an N-anholonomic manifold may be not adapted to the
N-connection structure on base space.
2. h-spinors, v-spinors, and d-spinors

Let us consider a vector space Vn provided with Clifford structure. We denote such a space hVn
in order to emphasize that its tangent space is provided with a quadratic form hg. We also write
h
Cl共Vn兲 ⬅ Cl共 hVn兲 and use subgroup SO共 hVn兲傺 O共 hVn兲.
Definition 2.5: The space of complex h-spins is defined by the subgroup
h
Spinc共n兲 ⬅ Spinc共 hVn兲 ⬅ hSpinc共Vn兲傺 Cl共 hVn兲,
determined by the products of pairs of vectors w 苸 hVC when w ⬟ ␭u where ␭ is a complex number
of module 1 and u is of unity length in hVn.
Similar constructions can be performed for the v-subspace vVm, which allows us to define
similarly the group of real v-spins.
A usual spinor is a section of a vector bundle S on a manifold M when an irreducible
representation of the group Spin共M兲 ⬟ Spin共Tⴱx M兲 is defined on the typical fiber. The set of sec-
tions ⌫共S兲 is a irreducible Clifford module. If the base manifold is of type hV, or is a general
N-anholonomic manifold V, we have to define spinors on such spaces in a form adapted to the
respective N-connection structure.
Definition 2.6: A h-spinor bundle hS on a h-space hV is a complex vector bundle with both
defined action of the h-spin group hSpin共Vn兲 on the typical fiber and an irreducible representation
of the group hSpin共V兲 ⬅ Spin共hV兲 ⬟ Spin共Tⴱx hV兲. The set of sections ⌫共 hS兲 defines an irreducible
Clifford h-module.
The concept of “d-spinors” has been introduced for the spaces provided with N-connection
structure.36,37
Definition 2.7: A distinguished spinor (d-spinor兲 bundle S ⬟ 共 hS , vS兲 on a N-anholonomic
manifold V, dim V = n + m, is a complex vector bundle with a defined action of the spin d-group
Spin V ⬟ Spin共Vn兲丣 Spin共Vm兲 with the splitting adapted to the N-connection structure which re-
sults in an irreducible representation Spin共V兲 ⬟ Spin共TⴱV兲. The set of sections ⌫共S兲 = ⌫共 hS兲
丣 ⌫共 S兲 is an irreducible Clifford d-module.
v
If we study algebras through their representations, we also have to consider various algebras
related by the Morita equivalence. 共The Morita equivalence can be analyzed by applying in
N-adapted form, both on the base and fiber spaces, the consequences of the Plymen’s theorem 共see
Theorem 9.3 in Ref. 33; in this work, we omit details of such considerations兲.兲
The possibility to distinguish the Spin共n兲关or correspondingly Spin共hV兲, Spin共Vn兲
丣 Spin共Vm兲兴 allows us to define an antilinear bijection J : S → S 共or J : S → S and J : S → S兲
h h h v v v
with properties of type
h
J共 ha␺兲 = h␹共 ha兲 hJ h␺, for ha 苸 ⌫⬁共Cl共hV兲兲,
共 hJ h␾ 兩 hJ h␺ 兲 = 共 h␺ 兩 h␾ 兲 for h␾, h␺ 苸 hS. 共12兲

The considerations presented in this section consists the proof of the following.
Theorem 2.1: Any d-metric and N-connection structure defines naturally the fundamental
geometric objects and structures (such as the Clifford h-module, v-module, and Clifford
d-modules or the h-spin, v-spin structures, and d-spinors) for the corresponding nonholonomic
spin manifold and/or N-anholonomic spinor 共d-spinor) manifold.
We note that similar results were obtained in Refs. 36 and 37 for the standard Finsler and
Lagrange geometries and their higher order generalizations. In a more restricted form, the idea of
Theorem 2.1 can be found in Ref. 5, where the first models of noncommutative Finsler geometry
and related gravity were analyzed.
III. NONHOLONOMIC DIRAC OPERATORS AND SPECTRAL TRIPLES

The Dirac operator for a class of 共non兲 commutative nonholonomic spaces provided with
d-metric structure was introduced in Ref. 5 following previous constructions for the Dirac equa-
tions on locally anisotropic spaces 共various variants of Finsler–Lagrange and Cartan–Hamilton
spaces and generalizations兲, see Refs. 36, 37, 39, and 40 and Part III in Ref. 12. In this section, we
define nonholonomic Dirac operators for general N-anholonomic manifolds.
A. N-anholonomic Dirac operators

The geometric constructions depend on the type of linear connections considered for defini-
tion of such Dirac operators. They are metric compatible and N-adapted if the canonical
d-connection is used 共similar constructions can be performed for any deformation which results in
a metric compatible d-connection兲.
1. Noholonomic vielbeins and spin d-connections

Let us consider a Hilbert space of finite dimension. For a local dual coordinate basis eគi
⬟ dxគi on hV, we may, respectively, introduce certain classes of orthonormalized vielbeins and the
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆˆ
N-adapted vielbeins, eı ⬟ eគiı共x , y兲eគi and ei ⬟ eគii共x , y兲eគi, when gគiគjeគiıejគj = ␦ıj and gគiគjeគiieគjj = gij.
We define the algebra of Dirac’s gamma horizontal matrices 关in brief, gamma h-matrices
defined by self-adjoint matrices M k共C兲, where k = 2n/2 is the dimension of the irreducible repre-
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆˆ
sentation of Cl共hV兲 from relation ␥ı␥j + ␥j␥ı = 2␦ıj hI兴. The action of dxi 苸 Cl共hV兲 on a spinor h␺
苸 S is given by formulas
h
ˆ ˆ i ˆ
h
c共dxı兲 ⬟ ␥ı and h
c共dxi兲 h␺ ⬟ ␥i h␺ ⬅ eˆı␥ı h␺ . 共13兲
Similarly, we can define the algebra of Dirac’s gamma vertical matrices related to a typical
fiber F 关in brief, gamma v-matrices defined by self-adjoint matrices M k⬘共C兲, where k⬘ = 2m/2 is the
ˆ ˆ ˆ
dimension of the irreducible representation of Cl共F兲兴 from relation ␥â␥b + ␥b␥â = 2␦âb vI. The ac-
tion of dy a 苸 Cl共F兲 on a spinor ␺ 苸 S is
v v
v
c共dy â兲 ⬟ ␥â and v
c共dy a兲 v␺ ⬟ ␥a v␺ ⬅ eâa␥â v␺ .
A more general gamma matrix calculus with distinguished gamma matrices 共in brief, gamma
d-matrices 共In some of our previous works36,37 we wrote ␴ instead of ␥.兲兲 can be elaborated for
N-anholonomic manifolds V provided with d-metric structure g = hg 丣 vh and for d-spinors, ␺˘
ˆ ˆ ˆ
⬟ 共 h␺ , v␺兲苸 S ⬟ 共 hS , vS兲. In this case, we consider d-gamma matrix relations ␥␣ˆ ␥␤ + ␥␤␥␣ˆ = 2␦␣ˆ ␤I,
with the action of du␣ 苸 Cl共V兲 on a d-spinor ␺˘ 苸 S resulting in distinguished irreducible represen-
tations,
c共du␣ˆ 兲 ⬟ ␥␣ˆ and c = 共du␣兲␺˘ ⬟ ␥␣␺˘ ⬅ e␣␣ˆ ␥␣ˆ ␺˘ , 共14兲
which allows us to write
␥␣共u兲␥␤共u兲 + ␥␤共u兲␥␣共u兲 = 2g␣␤共u兲I.
In the canonical representation, we have the irreducible form ␥˘ ⬟ h␥ 丣 v␥ and ␺˘ ⬟ h␺ 丣 v␺, for
instance, by using block type of h- and v-matrices. We can also write such formulas as couples of
gamma and/or h- and v-spinor objects written in N-adapted form, ␥␣ ⬟ 共 h␥i , v␥a兲 and ␺˘
⬟ 共 h␺ , v␺兲.
The spin connection Sⵜ for Riemannian manifolds is induced by the Levi–Civita connection
⌫, Sⵜ ⬟ d − 41 ⌫ijk␥i␥ jdxk. On N-anholonomic manifolds, spin d-connection operators Sⵜ can be
␣
similarly constructed from any metric compatible d-connection ⌫␤␮ using the N-adapted absolute
differential ␦ acting, for instance, on a scalar function f共x , y兲 in the form
␦ f = 共e␯ f兲␦u␯ = 共ei f兲dxi + 共ea f兲␦y a ,

for ␦u␯ = e␯, see N-elongated operators 共8兲 and 共9兲.
Definition 3.1: The canonical spin d-connection is defined by the canonical d-connection,
ˆ ⬟ ␦ − 1 ⌫ˆ ␣ ␥ ␥␤␦u␮ ,
Sⵜ 4 ␤␮ ␣ 共15兲
␣
where the N-adapted coefficients ⌫ˆ ␤␮ are given by formulas (A7).
We note that the canonical spin d-connection Sⵜˆ is metric compatible and contains nontrivial
d-torsion coefficients induced by the N-anholonomy relations 关see formulas 共A3兲 proved for arbi-
trary d-connection兴.
2. Dirac d-operators
We consider a vector bundle E on a N-anholonomic manifold V 共with two compatible
N-connections defined as h- and v-splittings of TE and TV兲. A d-connection D : ⌫⬁共E兲 → ⌫⬁共E兲
丢 ⍀1共V兲 preserves by parallelism splitting of the tangent total and base spaces and satisfy the
Leibniz condition D共f ␴兲 = f共D␴兲 + ␦ f 丢 ␴ for any f 苸 C⬁共V兲 and ␴ 苸 ⌫⬁共E兲 and ␦ defining an
N-adapted exterior calculus by using N-elongated operators 共8兲 and 共9兲 which emphasize d-forms
instead of usual forms on V, with the coefficients taking values in E.
The metricity and Leibniz conditions for D are written, respectively,
g共DX,Y兲 + g共X,DY兲 = ␦关g共X,Y兲兴共16兲

for any X , Y 苸 ␹共V兲 and
D共␴␤兲 ⬟ D共␴兲␤ + ␴D共␤兲共17兲

for any ␴ , ␤ 苸 ⌫⬁共E兲. For local computations, we may define the corresponding coefficients of the
geometric d-objects and write
␣´ ␣´ ␣´
D␴␤´ ⬟ ⌫␤´ ␮␴␣´ 丢 ␦u␮ = ⌫␤´ i␴␣´ 丢 dxi + ⌫␤´ a␴␣´ 丢 ␦y a ,
where fiber “acute” indices are considered as spinor ones.

The respective actions of the Clifford d-algebra and Clifford h-algebra can be transformed
into maps ⌫⬁共S兲丢 ⌫共Cl共V兲兲 and ⌫⬁共 hS兲丢 ⌫共Cl共 hV兲兲 to ⌫⬁共S兲 and, respectively, ⌫⬁共 hS兲 by consid-
ering maps of types 共13兲 and 共14兲,
ĉ共␺˘ 丢 a兲 ⬟ c共a兲␺˘ and h

ĉ共 h␺ 丢 ha兲 ⬟ hc共 ha兲 h␺ .
Definition 3.2: The Dirac d-operator (Dirac h-operator or v-operant) on a spin N-anholonomic
manifold 共V , S , J兲 [on a h-spin manifold 共hV , hS , hJ兲 or on a v-spin manifold 共vV , vS , vJ兲] is
defined
D ⬟ − i共ĉ ⴰ Sⵜ兲 = 共 hD = − i共 hĉ ⴰ Sh ⵜ兲, vD = − i共 vĉ ⴰ Sv ⵜ兲兲. 共18兲
Such N-adapted Dirac d-operators are called canonical and denoted D̂ = 共 hD̂ , vD̂兲 if they are
defined for the canonical d-connection (A7) and respective spin d-connection (15).
We formulate the following.
Theorem 3.1: Let 共V , S , J兲共共hV , hS , hJ兲兲 be a spin N-anholonomic manifold (h-spin space).
There is the canonical Dirac d-operator (Dirac h-operator) defined by the almost Hermitian spin
d-operator,
⬁
Sⵜ:⌫
ˆ 共S兲 → ⌫⬁共S兲丢 ⍀1共V兲
ˆ : ⌫⬁共 hS兲 → ⌫⬁共 hS兲丢 ⍀1共hV兲] commuting with J共 hJ兲, see (12), and satisfying
[spin h-operator Sh ⵜ
the conditions
共 Sⵜˆ ␺˘ 兩␾ ˘ 兲 = ␦共␺˘ 兩␾
˘ 兲 + 共␺˘ 兩 ⵜˆ ␾ ˘兲
S
and
ˆ ˘ = c共D̂a兲␺˘ + c共a兲 ⵜˆ ␺˘
Sⵜ共c共a兲␺兲 S
for a 苸 Cl共V兲 and ␺˘ 苸 ⌫⬁共S兲,
ˆ h␺兩 h␾兲 + 共 h␺兩 h ⵜˆ h␾兲 = h␦共 h␺兩 h␾兲

共 Sh ⵜ S
ˆ 共 hc共 ha兲 h␺兲 = hc共 hD̂ ha兲 h␺ + hc共 ha兲 h ⵜˆ h␺ for ha 苸 Cl共hV兲 and ␺˘ 苸 ⌫⬁共 hS兲 determined by the
and Sh ⵜ S
metricity (16) and Leibnitz (17) conditions.
Proof: We sketch the main ideas of such proofs. There are two possibilities. The first one is
similar to that given in Ref. 33, Theorem 9.8, for the Levi–Civita connection. We have to gener-
alize the constructions for d-metrics and canonical d-connections by applying N-elongated opera-
tors for differentials and partial derivatives. The formulas have to be distinguished into h- and
v-irreducible components. Such an approach can be elaborated for d-connections with arbitrary
torsions 共it is not a purpose of this work to consider such general constructions兲.
In a more particular case, we work with nonholonomic deformations of linear connections of
type 共11兲. In such a case, there is a second possibility to provide a very simple proof on the
existence of the canonical Dirac d-operator. The Levi–Civita connection, a metric compatible
d-connection, and a corresponding distorsion tensor from 共11兲 are completely defined by a
d-metric structure. Using the standard spin and Dirac operator 共defined by the Levi–Civita con-
nection兲, we can construct a unique nonholonomic deformation into the canonical Dirac d-operator
D̂ using three steps. 共Inverse constructions are similar.兲
␥ ␥ ␥
共1兲 For a given d-metric g, we can compute ⌫␣␤ , then ⌫ˆ ␣␤ , see formulas 共A7兲, and Z␣␤ , see
␥ ˆ ␥ ␥
formulas 共A9兲, determining a unique deformation of linear connections, ⌫␣␤ = ⌫␣␤ + Z␣␤
共A8兲.
共2兲 Introducing splitting 共A8兲 into formulas for Sⵜ and Sⵜˆ , see formula 共15兲 and related expla-
␥
nations, we define a unique splitting Sⵜ = Sⵜˆ + Zⵜˆ , where Zⵜˆ is completely determined by Z␣␤
共and, as a consequence, by g兲. For simplicity, we omit explicit formulas for operators Sⵜ and
ˆ
Zⵜ .
共3兲 Following Definition 3.2, the previous splitting sum for spin d-operators results in a corre-
sponding splitting formula for the Dirac operator, see explicitly formula 共18兲, when SD = D
␥
+ ZD, for SD, defined by the Levi–Civita connection, and ZD, induced by Z␣␤ 共A9兲. For
simplicity, we omit explicit formulas for operators SD and ZD. Such a splitting has an
associated splitting for the corresponding almost Hermitian spin d-operator, mentioned in the
formulation of this theorem.
We conclude that on a spin N-anholonomic manifold we can work equivalently with two
canonical Dirac operators, SD and D. From a formal point of view, the canonical Dirac d-operator
D encode a nonholonomically induced torsion d-tensor, but such a distorsion d-tensor is com-
pletely defined by a d-metric g, which is quite similar to constructions with the Levi–Civita
connection. 䊐
The geometric information of a spin manifold 共in particular, the metric兲 is contained in the
Dirac operator. For nonholonomic manifolds, the canonical Dirac d-operator has h- and
v-irreducible parts related to off-diagonal metric terms and nonholonomic frames with associated
structure. In a more special case, the canonical Dirac d-operator is defined by the canonical
d-connection. Nonholonomic Dirac d-operators contain more information than the usual, holo-
nomic, ones.
Proposition 3.1: If D̂ = 共 hD̂ , vD̂兲 is the canonical Dirac d-operator then
关D̂, f兴 = ic共␦ f兲,

equivalently
冉冊冉
关 hD̂, f兴 + 关 vD̂, f兴 = i hc dxi
␦f
⳵ xi
⳵f
+ i vc ␦ y a a
⳵y
冊
for all f 苸 C⬁共V兲.
Proof: It is a straightforward computation following from Definition 3.2. 䊐
The canonical Dirac d-operator and its h- and v-components have all the properties of the
usual Dirac operators 共for instance, they are self-adjoint but unbounded兲. It is possible to define a
scalar product on ⌫⬁共S兲,
具␺˘ , ␾
˘典⬟ 冕V
共␺˘ 兩␾
˘ 兲兩␯g兩, 共19兲
where ␯g = 冑det兩g兩冑det兩h兩dx1 ¯ dxndy n+1 ¯ dy n+m is the volume d-form on the N-anholonomic
manifold V.
B. N-adapted spectral triples and distance in d-spinor spaces

We denote NH ⬟ L2共V , S兲 = 关 hH = L2共hV , hS兲 , vH = L2共vV , vS兲兴 the Hilbert d-space obtained by
completing ⌫⬁共S兲 with the norm defined by the scalar product 共19兲. Similarly to the holonomic
spaces, by using formulas 共18兲 and 共15兲, one may prove that there is a self-adjoint unitary endo-
morphism 关cr兴⌫ of NH, called “chirality,”- being a Z2 graduation of NH 共We use the label 关cr兴 in
order to avoid misunderstanding with the symbol ⌫ used for linear connections.兲, which satisfies
the condition D̂ 关cr兴⌫ = − 关cr兴⌫D̂. Such conditions can be written also for the irreducible components
h
D̂ and vD̂.
Definition 3.3: A distinguished canonical spectral triple (canonical spectral d-triple)
共 NA , NH , D̂兲 for a d-algebra NA is defined by a Hilbert d-space NH, a representation of NA in the
algebra NB共 NH兲 of d-operators bounded on NH, and by a self-adjoint d-operator NH, of compact
resolution, 共An operator D is of compact resolution if for any ␭ 苸 sp共D兲 the operator 共D − ␭I兲−1 is
compact, see details in Ref. 33.兲 such that 关 NH , a兴苸 NB共 NH兲 for any a 苸 NA.
Every canonical spectral d-triple is defined by two usual spectral triples which in our case
corresponds to certain h- and v-components induced by the corresponding h- and v-components of
the Dirac d-operator. For such spectral h共v兲-triples we can define the notion of KRn-cycle and
KRm-cycle and consider respective Hochschild complexes. To define a noncommutative geometry
the h- and v-components of a canonical spectral d-triples must satisfy certain well defined seven
conditions 共see Refs. 16 and 33 for details stated there for holonomic configurations兲: the spectral
dimensions are of orders 1 / n and 1 / m, respectively, for h- and v-components of the canonical
Dirac d-operator; there are satisfied criteria of regularity, finiteness, and reality; representations are
of first order; there is orientability and Poincaré duality holds true. Such conditions can be satisfied
by any Dirac operators and canonical Dirac d-operators 共in the last case we have to work with
d-objects兲. 共We omit in this paper the details on axiomatics and related proofs for such consider-
ations.兲
Definition 3.4: A spectral d-triple is a real one satisfying the above mentioned seven condi-
tions for the h-and v-irreversible components and defining a 共d-spinor) N-anholonomic noncom-
mutative geometry stated by the data 共 NA , NH , D̂ , J , 关cr兴⌫兲 and derived for the Dirac d-operator
(18).
For N-adapted constructions, we can consider d-algebras NA = hA 丣 vA.36,37,39,40,5 We generate
N-anholonomic commutative geometries if we take NA ⬟ C⬁共V兲 or hA ⬟ C⬁共hV兲.
Let us show how it is possible to compute distance in a d-spinor space.
Theorem 3.2: Let 共 NA , NH , D̂ , J , 关cr兴⌫兲 defines a noncommutative geometry being irreducible
for A ⬟ C⬁共V兲, where V is a compact, connected, and oriented manifold without boundaries, of
N
spectral dimension dim V = n + m. In this case, there are satisfied the following conditions.
共1兲 There is a unique d-metric g共D̂兲 = 共 hg , vg兲 of type (7), with the “nonlinear” geodesic distance
on V defined by
d共u1,u2兲 = sup 兵f共u1,u2兲/储关D̂, f兴储 ⱕ 1其

f苸C共V兲
for any smooth function f 苸 C共V兲.

共2兲 A N-anholonomic manifold V is a spin N-anholonomic space, for which the operators D̂⬘
satisfying the condition g共D̂⬘兲 = g共D̂兲 define an union of affine spaces identified by the
d-spinor structures on V.
共3兲 The functional S共D̂兲 ⬟ 兰兩D̂兩−n−m+2 defines a quadratic d-form with 共n + m兲-splitting for every
ឈ as the canonical Dirac d-operator corresponding to
affine space which is minimal for D̂ = D
the d-spin structure with the minimum proportional to the Einstein–Hilbert action con-
structed for the canonical d-connection with the d-scalar curvature sR 共A6兲,
ឈ兲 = − n + m − 2
S共D
24
冕 V
s
R冑hg冑vhdx1 ¯ dxn␦y n+1 ¯ ␦y n+m .
Proof: This theorem is a generalization for N-anholonomic spaces of a similar one formulated
in Ref. 16, with a detailed proof presented in Ref. 33 for the noncommutative geometry defined for
a triple 共A , H,SD , J , 关cr兴⌫兲. 共In the mentioned monographs, there are provided formulations/proofs
of Theorem 3.2 redefined in terms of usual holonomic Levi–Civita structures for Riemann/spin
manifolds.兲 That 共holonomic兲 Dirac operator SD is associated with a Levi–Civita connection and
any integral with SD → D and computed following formula 兰兩D兩−n+2 ⬟ 2关n/2兴1 ⍀ W res兩D兩−n+2, where
n
⍀n is the integral of the volume on the sphere Sn and Wres is the Wodzicki residue, see details in
Theorem 7.5.33 As we sketched in the proof for Theorem 3.1, we get equivalent nonholonomical
configurations by distorting canonically the constructions for the Levi–Civita connection, and
related spin and Dirac operators, into those with associated canonical d-connections, using split-
␥ ˆ ␥ + Z␥ 共A8兲. To such holonomic/nonholonomic configurations, we can associate a
ting ⌫␣␤ =⌫ ␣␤ ␣␤
unique distance/metric determined in unique forms by two equivalent, holonomic, and/or nonholo-
nomic Dirac operators. For trivial nonholonomic distorsions, the conditions and proof of this
theorem for the canonical d-connection transform into those for the Levi–Civita connection.16 䊐
The existence of a canonical d-connection structure which is metric compatible and con-
structed from the coefficients of the d-metric and N-connection structure is of crucial importance
allowing the formulation and proofs of the main results of this work. As a matter of principle, we
can consider any splitting of connections of type 共11兲 and compute a unique distance like we
stated in the above Theorem 3.2, but for a “noncanonical” Dirac d-operator. This holds true for
any noncommutative geometry induced by a metric compatible d-connection supposed to be
uniquely induced by a metric tensor.
In more general cases, we can consider any metric compatible d-connection with arbitrary
-torsion. Such constructions can be also elaborated in N-adapted form by preserving the respective
h- and v–irreducible decompositions. For the Dirac d-operators, we have to start with the Propo-
sition 3.1 and then to repeat all constructions from Refs. 16 and 33 both on h- and v-subspaces. In
this article, we do not analyze 共non兲 commutative geometries enabled with general torsions but
consider only nonholonomic deformations when distorsions are induced by a metric structure.
Finally, we note that Theorem 3.2 allows us to extract from a canonical nonholonomic model
of noncommutative geometry various types of commutative geometries 共holonomic and
N–anholonomic Riemannian spaces, Finsler–Lagrange spaces and generalizations兲 for correspond-
ing nonholonomic Dirac operators.
IV. SPECTRAL FUNCTIONALS AND RICCI FLOWS

The goal of this section is to prove that the Perelman’s functionals2 and their generalizations
for nonholonomic Ricci flows in Ref. 3 关in the second reference, see formulas 共29兲, for commu-
tative holonomic configurations, and 共30兲, for commutative nonholonomic configurations, and
Theorems 4.1 and 4.2 in this work兴 can be extracted from flows of a generalized Dirac operator
N
D共␹兲 = D共␹兲丢 1 included in spectral functionals of type
b
f共 ND2共␹兲/⌳2兲, 共20兲
where b f共␹兲 are testing functions labeled by b = 1 , 2 , 3 and depending on a real flow parameter ␹,
which in the commutative variant of the Ricci flow theory corresponds to that for Hamilton’s
equations.1 For simplicity, we shall use one cutoff parameter ⌳ and suppose that operators under
flows act on the same algebra A and Hilbert space H, i.e., we consider families of spectral triples
of type 共A , H , ND共␹兲兲. 共We shall omit in this section the left label “N” for algebras and Hilbert
spaces if that will not result in ambiguities.兲
Definition 4.1: The normalized Ricci flow equations (Hamilton’s equations) generalized on
nonholonomic manifolds are defined in the form
⳵ g␣␤共␹兲 2r
= − 2 NR␣␤共␹兲 + g␣␤共␹兲, 共21兲
⳵␹ 5
where g␣␤共␹兲 defines a family of d-metrics parametrized in the form (7) on a N-anholonomic
manifold V enabled with a family of N-connections Nai 共␹兲.

The effective “cosmological” constant 2r / 5 in 共21兲 with normalizing factor r = 兰v sNRdv / v is
introduced with the aim to preserve a volume v on V, where sNR is the scalar curvature of type
共A6兲, see basic definitions and component formulas in Appendix. 共We note that in Ref. 3 we use
two mutually related flow parameters ␹ and ␶; for simplicity, in this work we write only ␹ even,
in general, such parameters should be rescaled for different geometric analysis constructions.兲
The corresponding family of Ricci tensors NR␣␤共␹兲, in 共21兲, and nonholonomic Dirac opera-
tors ND共␹兲, in 共1兲, are defined for any value of ␹ by a general metric compatible linear connection
N
⌫ adapted to a N-connection structure. In a particular case, we can consider the Levi–Civita
connection ⌫, which is used in standard geometric approaches to physical theories. Nevertheless,
for various purposes in modeling evolution of off-diagonal Einstein metrics, constrained physical
systems, effective Finsler, and Lagrange geometries, Fedosov quantization of field theories and
gravity, etc., 共The coefficients of corresponding N-connection structures being defined, respec-
tively, by the generic off-diagonal metric terms, anholonomy frame coefficients, Finsler and
Lagrange fundamental functions, etc.兲 it is convenient to work with a “N-adapted” linear connec-
tion N⌫共g兲. If such a connection is also uniquely defined by a metric structure g, we are able to
redefine the constructions in an equivalent form for the corresponding Levi–Civita connection.
In noncommutative geometry, all physical information on generalized Ricci flows can be
encoded into a corresponding family of nonholonomic Dirac operators ND共␹兲. For simplicity, in
this work, we shall consider that PD = 0, i.e., we shall not involve into the 共non兲commutative Ricci
flow theory the particle physics. We cite here the work on Ricci–Yang–Mills flow54 with evolution
equations which can be extracted from generalized spectral functionals 共20兲 with corresponding
Yang–Mills nontrivial component in PD. Perhaps a “comprehensive” noncommutative Ricci flow
theory should include as a stationary case the “complete” spectral action 共1兲 parametrized for the
standard models of gravity and particle physics. Following such an approach, the
共non兲commutative/共non兲holonomic/quantum/classical evolution scenarios are related to topologi-
cal properties of a quantum/classical space-time and flows and actions of fundamental matter
fields.
A. Spectral flows and Perelman functionals

Let us consider a family of generalized d-operators,
D 2共 ␹ 兲 = − 再 I
2
g␣␤共␹兲关e␣共␹兲e␤共␹兲 + e␤共␹兲e␣共␹兲兴 + A␯共␹兲e␯共␹兲 + B共␹兲 , 冎共22兲
where the real flow parameter ␹ 苸关0 , ␹0兲 and, for any fixed values of this parameter, the matrices
A␯共␹兲 and B共␹兲 are determined by a N-anholonomic Dirac operator D induced by a metric
compatible d-connection D, see 共A1兲 and Definition 3.2; for the canonical d-connection, we have
to put “hats” on symbols and write D̂2 , Â␯ and B̂. We introduce two functionals F and W
depending on ␹,
兺 1 f 共k兲共␹兲 1a共k兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲

1 1
F = Tr关 1 f共␹兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲兴 ⯝ 共23兲
kⱖ0
and
W = 2W + 3W 共24兲
for
兺
e e
e
W = Tr关 e f共␹兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲兴 = e
f 共k兲共␹兲 ea共k兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲,
kⱖ0
where we consider a cutting parameter ⌳2 for both cases e = 2 , 3. Functions b f, with label b taking
values of 1,2,3, have to be chosen in a form which ensure that for a fixed ␹ we get certain
compatibility with gravity and particle physics and result in positive average energy and entropy
for Ricci flows of geometrical objects. For such testing functions, ones hold true the formulas
b
f 共0兲共␹兲 = 冕 0
⬁
b
f共␹,u兲udu, b
f 共2兲共␹兲 = 冕 ⬁
0
b
f共␹,u兲du,
b
f 共2k+4兲共␹兲 = 共− 1兲k b f 共k兲共␹,0兲, k ⱖ 0. 共25兲
We will comment the end of this subsection on dependence on ␹ of such functions.
The coefficients ba共k兲 can be computed as the Seeley–de Witt coefficients55 共we chose such
notations when in the holonomic case the scalar curvature is negative for spheres and the space is
locally Euclidean兲. In functionals 共23兲 and 共24兲, we consider dynamical scaling factors of type
b
␳ = ⌳ exp共 b␾兲, when, for instance,
1
␾ 1
D 2 = e − ␾D 2e
1
␾
=− 再 I 1␾
2
g␣␤关 ␾e␣
1 1
␾
e␤ +
1
␾
e␤
1
␾
e ␣兴 +
1
␾
A␯
1
␾
e␯ +
1
␾
冎
B , 共26兲
for
1 1 1
␾ 1
␾ ␾ ␯␮ ␾
A␯ = e−2 ⫻ A␯ − 2 g ⫻ e␤共 1␾兲,
1 1 1 1 1
␾ 1 ␾ ␾ ␯␮ ␾ ␾
B = e−2 ␾
⫻ 共B − A␯ e␤共 1␾兲兲 + g ⫻ W␯␥␮ e␥ ,
1 1 1 1
for rescaled d-metric ␾g␣␤ = e2 ␾ ⫻ g␣␤ and N-adapted frames ␾e␣ = e ␾ ⫻ e␣ satisfying an-
1
holonomy relations of type 共10兲, with rescaled nonholonomy coefficients ␾W␯␥␮. 共similar construc-
tions with dilaton fields are considered in Refs. 18 and 35, but in our case we work with
N-anholonomic manifolds, d-metrics, and d-connections when instead “dilatons” there are used
scaling factors for a corresponding N-adapted Ricci flow model.兲 We emphasize that similar
formulas can be written by substituting, respectively, the labels and scaling factors containing 1␾
with 2␾ and 3␾. For simplicity, we shall omit left labels 1,2,3 for ␾ and f , a if that will not result
in ambiguities.
Let us denote by sR共g␮␯兲 and C␮␯␭␥共g␮␯兲, correspondingly, the scalar curvature 共A6兲 and
conformal Weyl d-tensor, 共For any metric compatible d-connection D, the Weyl d-tensor can be
computed by formulas similar to those for the Levi–Civita connection ⵜ; here we note that if a
Weyl d-tensor is zero, in general, the Weyl tensor for ⵜ does not vanish 共and inversely兲.兲
C␮␯␭␥ = R␮␯␭␥ + 21 共R␮␭g␯␥ − R␯␭g␮␥ − R␮␥g␯␭ + R␯␥g␮␭兲 − 61 共g␮␭g␯␥ − g␯␭g␮␥兲 sR,

defined by a d-metric g␮␯ and a metric compatible d-connection D 共in our approach, D can be any
d-connection constructed in a unique form from g␮␯ and Nai following a well defined geometric
principle兲. For simplicity, we shall work on a four dimensional space and use values of type
冕 d4u冑det兩e 2␾
g␮␯兩R共e2 ␾g␮␯兲ⴱRⴱ共e2 ␾g␮␯兲 = 冕 d4u冑det兩g␮␯兩R共g␮␯兲ⴱRⴱ共g␮␯兲
=
1
4
冕 d4u共冑det兩g␮␯兩兲−1⑀␮␯␣␤⑀␳␴␥␦R␮␳␴␯R␣␤
␥␦
for the curvature d关tensor R␮␳␴␯ 共A4兲, where subintegral values are defined by Chern–Gauss–
Bonnet terms of type
1 ␥␦
R ⴱR ⴱ ⬅ ⑀ ␮␯␣␤
⑀␳␴␥␦R␮␳␴␯R␣␤ .
4冑det兩g␮␯兩
Lemma 4.1: One has the four dimensional approximation,
Tr关f共␹兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲兴 ⯝
45
4␲2
f 共0兲冕 ␦4ue2␾冑det兩g␮␯兩 +
15
16␲2
f 共2兲冕 ␦4ue2␾冑det兩g␮␯兩 ⫻ 共 sR共e2␾g␮␯兲
+ 3e−2␾g␣␤共e␣␾e␤␾ + e␤␾e␣␾兲兲 +
1
128␲2
f 共4兲冕 ␦4ue2␾冑det兩g␮␯兩
⫻ 共11Rⴱ共e2␾g␮␯兲Rⴱ共e2␾g␮␯兲 − 18C␮␯␭␥共e2␾g␮␯兲C␮␯␭␥共e2␾g␮␯兲兲. 共27兲

Proof: It consists from a computation of Tr being a N-adapted version of the calculus pro-
vided for formula 共21兲 in Ref. 35. In our case, we do not consider “gauge” fields and fermionic
interactions and work with a metric compatible d-connection and N-elongated partial derivative
and differential operators 共8兲 and 共9兲.
For simplicity, we sketch the computation of coefficient before f 共2兲, i.e., the terms ea共2兲
e
⫻共 ␾D2共␹兲 / ⌳2兲 in functionals 共23兲 and 共24兲, omitting the left label “e” and writing a共2兲 for a
corresponding f 共2兲. Following Theorem 4.8 from Ref. 55 共proof of that theorem can be generalized
for an arbitrary metric compatible d-connection兲, we have that the so-called second Seeley–de
Witt coefficient is
a共2兲共D2共␹兲/⌳2兲 =
⌳2
16␲2
冕
V
␦V Tr −冉冊 sR
6
.
This coefficient can be used for evaluating a共2兲共 ␾D2共␹兲 / ⌳2兲 following the method of conformal
transforms for operators and functionals contained in spectral actions which was developed in
Secs. 2 and 3 of Ref. 35. We have only to perform a similar calculus on N-anholonomic manifolds
using d-connections and N-adapted frames/operators.
For a conformally transformed inverse d-metric ␾g, when ␾g␮␯ = e−2␾g␮␯, g␮␯ being inverse to
coefficients of g␮␯ 共7兲, we have the formula for conformal transform of scalar of curvature 共A6兲,
␾
sR共 g兲 = e−2␾关 sR共g兲 + 3g␮␯共 gD␮ gD␯ + gD␯ gD␮ + e␮e␯ + e␯e␮兲␾兴,
where gD␮ is a metric compatible d-connection completely determined by g. Using the identity
a共2兲共u,e−␾D2e−␾兲 = a共2兲共u,D2e−2␾兲 = a共2兲共u,e−2␾D2兲,

which can be verified by straightforward computations with operator D2 共22兲 containing
N-adapted derivatives e␮ 共8兲, and putting together all terms we get that
a共2兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲 =
15
16␲2
冕V
␦Ve2␾ ⫻ 关 sR共 ␾g兲 + 3 ␾g␣␤共e␣␾e␤␾ + e␤␾e␣␾兲兴,
i.e., the coefficient before f 共2兲 in 共27兲.

Finally, we note that generalizing the calculus from Ref. 35 for d-connections and N-adapted
frames, we can similarly compute the coefficients a共0兲共 ␾D2共␹兲 / ⌳2兲 and a共2兲共 ␾D2共␹兲 / ⌳2兲 for any
chosen conformal transform ␾ 共in general, with labels b␾兲 and parameter ␹. Summarizing all
necessary terms, we get the approximation 共27兲. 䊐
Let us state some additional hypotheses which will be used for proofs of the theorems in this
section: Hereafter we shall consider a four dimensional compact N-anholonomic manifold V, with
volume forms ␦V = 冑det兩g␮␯兩␦4u and normalization 兰V␦V␮ = 1 for ␮ = e−f 共4␲␹兲−共n+m兲/2 with f being
a scalar function f共␹ , u兲 and ␹ ⬎ 0.
Now, we are able to formulate the main results of this paper.
Theorem 4.1: For the scaling factor 1␾ = −f / 2, the spectral functional (23) can be approxi-
mated F = PF共g , D , f兲, where the first Perelman functional (in our case for N-anholonomic Ricci
flows) is
P
F= 冕
V
冋 3
␦Ve−f sR共e−f g␮␯兲 + e f g␣␤共e␣ fe␤ f + e␤ fe␣ f兲 .
2
册
Proof: We introduce 1␾ = −f / 2 into formula 共27兲 from Lemma 4.1. We can rescale the flow
parameter ␹ → ␹ˇ such way that 23 exp关f共␹兲兴 = exp关f̌共␹ˇ 兲兴. We get that up to a scaling factor f̌ and
additional fixing of a new test function to have the coefficients 1 f̌ 共2兲 = 16␲2 / 15 and 1 f̌ 共0兲 = 1 f̌ 共4兲
= 0, computed for “inverse hat” values by choosing necessary values of f̌ and ␹ˇ in formulas 共25兲,
the value
P
F⬃ 冕
V
ˇ
␦Ve−f 共 sR + 兩Df̌兩2兲
is just the N-anholonomic version of the first Perelman functional 关formula 共30兲 in Ref. 3兴. Taking
D = ⵜ, we get the well-known formula for Ricci flows of Riemannian metrics.2
One should be noted here that the coefficient 23 was rescaled by imposing a corresponding
nonholonomic constraint on functionals under consideration, which is possible for Ricci flows
共such redefinitions of flow parameters were considered in Perelman’s work;2 additional nonholo-
nomic constraints and evolutions being introduced in Ref. 3兲. Such “rescaled” approximations are
not possible if we extract certain commutative physical models from noncommutative spectral
actions 共i.e., not from evolution functionals兲 like in Refs. 29, 30, 35, 56, and 57. If we fix from the
very beginning a Ricci flow parameter ␹ 共not allowing rescalings兲, we have to correct the resulting
共non兲 holonomic Perelman-like functionals by introducing certain additional coefficients such as
3/2, etc., which can be interpreted as some contributions from noncommutative geometry for
certain evolution models. 䊐
Sketching the proof of the above theorem and further theorems in this section, we can use the
techniques elaborated in Ref. 2 but generalized for functionals depending on a flow parameter and
performing necessary approximations on N-anholonomic manifolds. There are some important
remarks.
Remark 4.1: For nonholonomic Ricci flows of (non)commutative geometries, we have to
adapt the evolution to certain N-connection structures (i.e., nonholonomic constraints). This re-
sults in additional possibilities to rescale coefficients and parameters in spectral functionals and
their commutative limits.
共1兲 The evolution parameter ␹, scaling factors b f, and nonholonomic constraints and coordi-
nates can be rescaled/redefined (for instance, ␹ → ␹ˇ and b f → b f̌兲 such a way that the spectral
functionals have limits to some “standard” nonholonomic versions of Perelman functionals
(with prescribed types of coefficients) considered in Ref. 3.
共2兲 Using additional dependencies on ␹ and freedom in choosing scaling factors b f共␹兲, we can
prescribe such nonholonomic constraints/configurations on evolution equations (for in-
stance, with 1 f̌ 共2兲 = 16␲2 / 15 and 1 f̌ 共0兲 = 1 f̌ 共4兲 = 0兲 when the spectral functionals result exactly in
necessary types of effective Perelman functionals (with are commutative, but, in general,
nonholonomic).
共3兲 For simplicity, we shall write in brief only ␹ and f considering that we have chosen such
scales, parametrizations of coordinates and N-adapted frames, and flow parameters when
coefficients in spectral functionals and resulting evolution equations maximally correspond
to certain generally accepted commutative physical actions/functionals.
共4兲 For nonholonomic Ricci flow models (commutative or noncommutative ones) with a fixed
evolution parameter ␹, we can construct certain effective nonholonomic evolution models
with induced noncommutative corrections for coefficients.
共5兲 Deriving effective nonholonomic evolution models from spectral functionals, we can use the
technique of “extracting” physical models from spectral actions, elaborated in Refs. 29, 30,
35, 56, and 57, see also references therein. For commutative and/or noncommutative
geometric/physical models of nonholonomic Ricci flows, we have to generalize the approach
to include spectral functionals and N-adapted evolution equations depending on the type of
nonholonomic constraints, normalizations, and rescalings of constants and effective confor-
mal factors.
We “extract” from the second spectral functional 共24兲 another very important physical value.
Theorem 4.2: The functional (24) is approximated W = PW共g , D , f , ␹兲, where the second
Perelman functional is
P
W= 冕
V
冋冉 3
冊
␦V␮ ⫻ ␹ sR共e−f g␮␯兲 + e f g␣␤共e␣ fe␤ f + e␤ fe␣ f兲 + f − 共n + m兲
2
册
for scaling 2␾ = −f / 2 in 2W and 3␾ = 共ln兩f − 共n + m兲兩 − f兲 / 2 in 3W, from (24).
Proof: Let us compute W = 2W + 3W, using formula 共27兲, for 2W defined by 2␾ = −f / 2 with
2
f 共0兲共␹兲 = 2 f 共4兲共␹兲 = 0 and 2 f 共2兲共␹兲 = 16␲2 / 关15共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2兴 and 3W defined by 3␾ = 共ln兩f − 共n + m兲兩
− f兲 / 2 with 3 f 共2兲共␹兲 = 3 f 共4兲共␹兲 = 0 and 3 f 共0兲共␹兲 = 4␲2 / 关45共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2兴. The possibility to use param-
etrizations of scaling factors and imposed types of nonholonomic constraints on evolution func-
tionals follows from Remark 4.1 and, in this case, the approximations are similar to those per-
formed in the proof of Theorem 4.1. After a corresponding redefinition of coordinates, we get
P
W⬃ 冕 V
␦V␮关␹共 sR + 兩Df兩2兲 + f − 共n + m兲兴,
which is just the N-anholonomic version of the second Perelman functional 关formula 共31兲 in Ref.
3兴. Taking D = ⵜ, we obtain a formula for Ricci flows of Riemannian metrics.2 䊐
The nonholonomic version of Hamilton equations 共21兲 can be derived from commutative
Perelman functionals PF and PW, see Theorems 3.1 and 4.1 in Ref. 3. The original Hamilton–
Perelman Ricci flows constructions can be generated for D = ⵜ. The surprising result is that even
we start with a Levi–Civita linear connection, the nonholonomic evolution will result almost sure
in generalized geometric configurations with various N and D structures.
B. Spectral functionals for thermodynamical values

Certain important thermodynamical values such as the average energy and entropy can be
derived directly from noncommutative spectral functionals as respective commutative configura-
tions of spectral functionals of type 共23兲 and 共24兲 but with different testing functions than in
Theorems 4.1 and 4.2.
Theorem 4.3: Using a scaling factor of type 1␾ = −f / 2, we extract from the spectral functional
(23) a nonholonomic version of average energy, F → 具E典, where
具E典 = − ␹2 冕冋
V
3
␦V␮ sR共e−f g␮␯兲 + g␣␤共e␣ fe␤ f + e␤ fe␣ f兲 −
2
n+m
2␹
册共28兲
if the testing function is chosen to satisfy the conditions 1 f 共0兲共␹兲 = 4␲2共n + m兲␹ / 45共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2,
1
f 共2兲共␹兲 = 16␲2␹2 / 15共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2, and 1 f 共4兲共␹兲 = 0.
Proof: It is similar to that for Theorem 4.1, but for different coefficients of the testing
function. Here, we note that, in general, the statement of this theorem if for a different parametri-
zation of ␹ and f, see point 3 in Remark 4.1. Redefining coordinates and nonholonomic con-
straints, we can write 共28兲 in the form
具Ê典 ⬃ − ␹2 冕冉
V
␦V␮ sR + 兩Df兩2 −
n+m
2␹
冊
,
which is the N-anholonomic version of average energy from Theorem 4.2 in Ref. 3. We get the
average energy for Ricci flows of Riemannian metrics2 if D = ⵜ. 䊐
Similarly to Theorem 4.2 共inverting the sign of nontrivial coefficients of the testing function兲
we prove the following.
Theorem 4.4: We extract a nonholonomic version of entropy of nonholonomic Ricci flows
from the functional (24), W → S, where
S=− 冕V
冋冉 3
冊
␦V␮ ⫻ ␹ sR共e−f g␮␯兲 − e f g␣␤共e␣ fe␤ f + e␤ fe␣ f兲 + f − 共n + m兲 ,
2
册
if we introduce ␦V = ␦4u and ␮ = e−f 共4␲␹兲−共n+m兲/2 into formula 共27兲, for ␹ ⬎ 0 and 兰VdV␮ = 1 in
共27兲, for scaling 2␾ = −f / 2 in 2W and 3␾ = 共ln兩f − 共n + m兲兩 − f兲 / 2 in 3W, from 共24兲.
Proof: This theorem is a “thermodynamic” analog of Theorem 4.2, in general, with different
parameterizations of the evolution parameter and scaling factor 共as we noted in points 3–5 of
Remark 4.1兲. We compute S = 2W + 3W, using formula 共27兲, for 2W defined by 2␾ = −f / 2 with
2
f 共0兲共␹兲 = 2 f 共4兲共␹兲 = 0 and 2 f 共2兲共␹兲 = −16␲2 / 关15共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2兴 and 3W defined by 3␾ = 共ln兩f − 共n + m兲兩
− f兲 / 2 with 3 f 共2兲共␹兲 = 3 f 共4兲共␹兲 = 0 and 3 f 共0兲共␹兲 = −4␲2 / 关45共4␲␹兲共n+m兲/2兴. After corresponding rep-
arametrization and redefinition of scaling factor and redefinition of N-adapted frames/
nonholonomic constraints, we transform S into
Ŝ ⬃ 冕V
␦V␮关␹共 sR + 兩Df兩2兲 + f − 共n + m兲兴,
i.e., we obtain the N-anholonomic version of Perelman’s entropy, see Theorem 4.2 in Ref. 3. For
D = ⵜ, we get the corresponding formula for the entropy Ricci flows of Riemannian metrics.2 䊐
We can formulate and prove a theorem alternative to Theorem 4.3 and get the formula 共28兲
from the spectral functional 2W + 3W. Such a proof is similar to that for Theorem 4.2, but with
corresponding nontrivial coefficients for two testing functions 2 f共␹兲 and 3 f共␹兲. The main differ-
ence is that for Theorem 4.3 it is enough to use only one testing function. We do not present such
computations in this work.
It is not surprising that certain “commutative” thermodynamical physical values can be de-
rived alternatively from different spectral functionals because such type “commutative” thermo-
dynamical values can be generated by a partition function,
Ẑ = exp 再冕冋
V
␦V␮ − f +
n+m
2
册冎 , 共29兲
associated with any Z = 兰exp共−␤E兲d␻共E兲 being the partition function for a canonical ensemble at
temperature ␤−1, which in it turn is defined by the measure taken to be the density of states ␻共E兲.
In this case, we can compute the average energy, 具E典 = −⳵ log Z / ⳵␤, the entropy S = ␤具E典 + log Z,
and the fluctuation ␴ = 具共E − 具E典兲2典 = ⳵2 log Z / ⳵␤2.
Remark 4.2: Following a straightforward computation for (29) (similarly to constructions
from Ref. 2 but following an N-adapted calculus, see Theorem 4.2 in Ref. 3 共We emphasize that in
this section we follow a different system of denotations for the Ricci flow parameter and normal-
izing functions.兲), we prove that
␴ˆ = 2␹2 冕冋冏
V
␦V␮ Rij + DiD j f −
1
2␹
gij 冏冏
2
+ Rab + DaDb f −
1
2␹
gab 冏册
2
. 共30兲
Using formula R␮2 ␯ = 21 C␮2 ␯␳␴ − 21 RⴱRⴱ + 31 sR2 共it holds true for any metric compatible
d-connections, similarly to the formula for the Levi–Civita connection; see, for instance, Ref. 35兲,
we expect that the formula for fluctuations 共30兲 can be generated directly, by corresponding
rescalings, from a spectral action with nontrivial coefficients for testing functions when f 共4兲 ⫽ 0,
see formula 共27兲. Here we note that in the original Perelman’s functionals there were not intro-
duced terms being quadratic on curvature/Weyl/Ricci tensors. For nonzero f 共4兲, such terms 共see
Lemma 4.1兲 may be treated as certain noncommutative/quantum contributions to the classical

commutative Ricci flow theory. For simplicity, we omit such considerations in this work.
The framework of Perelman’s functionals and generalizations to corresponding spectral func-
tionals can be positively applied for developing statistical analogies of 共non兲 commutative Ricci
flows. For instance, the functional W is the “opposite sign” entropy, see formulas from Theorems
4.2 and 4.4. Such constructions may be considered for a study of optimal “topological” configu-
rations and evolution of both commutative and noncommutative geometries and relevant theories
of physical interactions.
Here, one should be emphasized that the formalism of Perelman functionals and associated
thermodynamical values cannot be related directly to similar concepts in black hole physics 共as it
is discussed in Refs. 2 and 3兲 or to quantum mechanical systems as generalized Bost–Connes
systems.56,57 The approach is not related directly to alternative constructions in geometric and
nonequilibrium thermodynamics, locally anisotropic kinetics and stochastic processes,58–61 for
which the nonholonomic geometric methods play an important role. Nevertheless, spectral func-
tional constructions seem to be important for certain noncommutative versions of stochastic pro-
cesses and kinetics of particles in constrained phase spaces and for noncommutative mechanics
models.
V. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

To summarize, we have shown that an extension of the spectral action formalism to spectral
functionals with nonholonomic Dirac operators includes naturally the Ricci flow theory and gravi-
tational field equations and various types of generalized geometric configurations modeled by
nonholonomic frames and deformations of linear connections. This unification of the spectral
triple approach to noncommutative geometry16,30,56 with the Hamilton–Perelman Ricci flow
theory,1,2 with certain new applications in physics,3,10 emphasizes new advantages obtained pre-
viously following the nonlinear connection formalism and anholonomic frame method, elaborated
for standard models of physics in Refs. 4, 5, 12, 40, 50, 62, and 51.
We conclude that the paradigm of spectral action and spectral functionals with nonholonomic
Dirac operators is a very general one containing various types of locally anisotropic, noncommu-
tative, nonsymmetric space-time geometries, and that all the correct features of the standard
physical interactions and evolution models are obtained. Such results support the idea that all
geometric and physical information about space-time, physical fields, and evolution scenarios can
be extracted from a corresponding generalized Dirac operator, and its flows and/or stationary
configurations, on appropriated noncommutative spaces.
Let us outline the some important motivations for a systematic approach to noncommutative
Ricci flow theory provided by certain directions in modern particle and mathematical physics.
A. The theory of Ricci flows with nonholonomic constraints

In a series of papers on Ricci flows and exact solutions in gravity,3,10,11,63 we proved that if the
evolution 共Hamilton’s兲 equations are subjected to nonholonomic constraints, the Riemannian met-
rics and connections positively transform into geometric objects defining generalized Lagrange–
Finsler, nonsymmetric, noncommutative, and various other spaces.
B. The theory of spinors on Riemann–Finsler spaces

Finsler geometry is not only a straightforward generalization of the concept of Riemannian
space to nonlinear metric elements on tangent bundle. There were developed a set of new geo-
metric constructions with nonlinear connection structures and by introducing the concept of non-
holonomic manifold. It is well known that the first example of 共later called兲 Finsler metric is
contained in the famous Riemann thesis from 1856, where, for simplicity, the considerations were
restricted only to quadratic forms, see historical remarks and reviews in Refs. 14, 15, 45, 46, 48,
10, and 12, on application of Lagrange–Finsler methods to standard models of physics. But real
physical nonlinear phenomena cannot be restricted only to quadratic metric elements and linear
connections. It was a very difficult task to define spinors and write the Dirac equation on Finsler–
Lagrange spaces 共and generalizations兲 working, for instance, with the Cartan–Finsler canonical
nonlinear and linear connections, see results outlined in Refs. 36, 37, 39, and 40. Having defined
the Dirac–Finsler/Lagrange operators, induced by the canonical distinguished connection, it was
not a problem to construct noncommutative versions of spaces with generic local anisotropy 共for
instance, different models of noncommutative Riemann–Finsler geometry, noncommutative geo-
metric mechanics, the constructions are summarized in the Part III of monograph12兲.
C. String theory and gauge gravity models

Effective locally anisotropic 共super兲 gravity models were derived in low energy limits of
string/M-theory, see Refs. 64 and 65. The so-called absolute antisymmetric torsion is a “source”
for noncommutative coordinate relations in such theories; on such nonholonomic configurations,
see Chaps. 13 and 14 in monograph.12 Here we note that noncommutative gauge gravity models
can be generated by applying the Seiberg–Witten transform20 to gauge gravity
theories.34,5,25,22,21,23,26 Beta functions and renormalization problems in such theories result, in
general, in nonholonomic and noncommutative Ricci flow evolution equations.
D. Exact solutions with generic off-diagonal metrics and nonholonomic variables in

gravity
There were constructed and analyzed a number of exact solutions in modern gravity theories,
see reviews of results and references in Refs. 51, 4, and 12, following the idea that considering
nonholonomic distributions on a commutative Einstein manifold, defined by nonholonomic mov-
ing frames, it is possible to model Finsler-like structures and generalizations in Einstein/string/
gauge, etc., gravity theory. Such constructions are not for vector/tangent bundles, but for the
共pseudo兲 Riemannian/Einstein and Riemann–Cartan manifolds with local fibered structure. Geo-
metrically, a nonholonomic structure induces a formal torsion even on 共pseudo兲 Riemannian
manifolds. In such cases, it is possible to work equivalently both with the Levi–Civita and the
Cartan connection or other metric linear connection structures completely defined by a metric. For
the Levi–Civita case, the torsion is zero, but in other cases the effective torsions are induced by
certain off-diagonal coefficients of the metric via nonholonomic deformations. Constructing non-
commutative analogs of exact off-diagonal solutions in different models of gravity, one obtains
noncommutative models of Finser geometries and generalizations. We emphasize that the ap-
proach can be elaborated for standard commutative and noncommutative models in physics and
related to solutions of the Ricci flow theory with nonholonomic variables, see Refs. 63, 10, and 11
and references therein.
E. Fedosov quantization of Einstein gravity and quantum Lagrange–Finsler spaces

In a series of recent works, see Refs. 50, 49, and 62 and discussed there reference, it was
proven that the Einstein gravity can be alternatively described in the so-called Finsler–Lagrange
and almost Kähler variables 共similarly, there are equivalent formulations of the general relativity
theory in spinor, tetradic, differential forms, tensorial form, etc.兲 and quantized following the
methods of deformation quantization. Applying to nonholonomic 共pseudo兲 Riemannian manifolds
the geometric technique developed by Fedosov for deformation quantization, we proved that the
Einstein, Lagrange–Finsler, Hamilton–Cartan, and generalized spaces can be quantized following
such methods. Using the corresponding nonholonomic Dirac operators and spinor structures, it is
possible to define generalized Finsler-like spectral triples and to define noncommutative Fedosov–
Einstein, Fedosov–Finsler, etc., spaces which for corresponding special cases result in already
quantized 共in the meaning of deformation quantization兲 geometries and their Ricci flows.
As future directions, it might be worthwhile to pursue the results of this paper for computing
noncommutative Ricci flow corrections to physically valuable exact solutions in gravity and elabo-
rating noncommutative versions of quantum gravity models in almost Kähler variables quantized
following Fedosov methods.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The work was partially performed during a visit at Fields Institute. The author is grateful to
referee for very useful critics and important suggestions.
APPENDIX: N-ADAPTED LINEAR CONNECTIONS

The class of linear connection on a N-anholonomic manifolds splits into two subclasses of
those which are adapted or not to a given N-connection structure.
A distinguished connection 共d-connection or N-adapted linear connection兲 D on a
N-anholonomic manifold V is a linear connection conserving under parallelism the Whitney sum
共5兲. For any d-vector X, there is a decomposition of D into h- and v-covariant derivatives,
DX ⯐ XD = hXD + vXD = DhX + DvX = hDX + vDX ,

where the symbol ““ denotes the interior product. We shall write conventionally that D
= 共hD , vD兲 or D␣ = 共Di , Da兲. With respect to N-adapted bases 共8兲 and 共9兲, the local formulas for
␥
d-connections a parametrized in the form: D = 兵⌫␣␤ = 共Lijk , Lbk
a
, Cijc , Cbc
a
兲其, with hD = 共Lijk , Lbk
a
兲 and
vD = 共C jc , Cbc兲.
i a
␣
The N-adapted components ⌫␤␥ of a d-connection D␣ = 共e␣D兲, where ““ denotes the interior
product, are computed following equations:
␥ ␥
D␣e␤ = ⌫␣␤ e␥ or ⌫␣␤ 共u兲 = 共D␣e␤兲e␥ , 共A1兲
where, by definition, Lijk = 共Dke j兲ei, Lbk
a
= 共Dkeb兲ea, Cijc = 共Dce j兲ei, and Cbc
a
= 共Dceb兲ea are com-
puted for N-adapted frames 共9兲 and 共8兲.
In the subclass of d-connections D on V, for standard physical applications, it is convenient to
work with d-metric compatible d-connections 共metrical d-connections兲 satisfying the condition
Dg = 0 including all h- and v-projections D jgkl = 0, Dagkl = 0, D jhab = 0, Dahbc = 0.
The torsion of a d-connection D = 共hD , vD兲 for any d-vectors X , Y is defined by the d-tensor
field,
T共X,Y兲 ⯐ DXY − DYX − 关X,Y兴. 共A2兲

One has a N-adapted decomposition
T共X,Y兲 = T共hX,hY兲 + T共hX, vY兲 + T共vX,hY兲 + T共vX, vY兲.

The d-torsions hT共hX , hY兲 , vT共vX , vY兲 , . . . are called, respectively, the h 共hh兲-torsion,
v共vv兲-torsion, and so on.
We can also consider a N-adapted differential 1-form ⌫␤␣ = ⌫␤␥
␣ ␥
e , from which we can compute
␣ ␣ ␣ ␣ ␤
the torsion T ⯐ De = de + ⌫␤ ∧ e . Locally, we get the 共N-adapted兲 d- torsion coefficients,
Tijk = Lijk − Likj, Tija = − Tiaj = Cija, Taji = ⍀aji ,
⳵ Nai
Tabi = − Taib = a
− Lbi , a
Tbc a
= Cbc a
− Ccb . 共A3兲
⳵ yb
The curvature of a d-connection D is defined
R共X,Y兲 ⯐ DXDY − DYDX − D关X,Y兴

for any d-vectors X , Y. By a straightforward d-form calculus, we can find the N-adapted com-
ponents of the curvature,
R␤␣ ⯐ D⌫␤␣ = d⌫␤␣ − ⌫␤␥ ∧ ⌫␥␣ = R␤␥

␣ ␥ ␦
␦e ∧ e , 共A4兲
of a d-connection D, i.e., the d-curvatures,
Rihjk = ekLihj − e jLhk hj Lmk − LhkLmj − Cha⍀kj ,

i
+ Lm i m i i a
Rabjk = ekLabj − e jLbk

a
+ LcbjLck
a c a
− Lbk a
Lcj − Cbc ⍀ckj ,
Rijka = eaLijk − DkCija + CijbTka

b
,
c c c c c
Rbka = eaLbk − DkCba + Cbd Tka ,
Rijbc = ecCijb − ebCijc + ChjbChc

i
− ChjcChb
i
,
a a a e a e a
Rbcd = edCbc − ecCbd + Cbc Ced − Cbd Cec .
␶
The Ricci tensor R␣␤ ⯐ R␣␤␶ is characterized by h-v-components, i.e., d-tensors,
Rij ⯐ Rkijk, Ria ⯐ − Rika

k
, Rai ⯐ Raib
b
, Rab ⯐ Rabc
c
. 共A5兲
The scalar curvature of a d-connection is
sR ⯐ g␣␤R␣␤ = gijRij + habRab , 共A6兲

defined by a sum the h- and v-components of 共A5兲 and d-metric 共7兲.
For any metric structure g on a manifold V, there is the unique metric compatible and
torsionless Levi–Civita connection ⵜ for which ⵜT␣ = 0 and ⵜg = 0. This is not a d-connection
because it does not preserve under parallelism the N-connection splitting 共5兲共it is not adapted to
the N-connection structure兲.
Theorem A.1: For any d-metric g = 关hg , vg兴 on a N-anholonomic manifold V, there is a
unique metric canonical d-connection D̂ satisfying the conditions D̂g = 0 and with vanishing
h共hh兲-torsion, v共vv兲-torsion, i.e., hT̂共hX , hY兲 = 0 and vT̂共vX , vY兲 = 0.
Proof: By straightforward calculations, we can verify that the d-connection with coefficients
⌫ˆ ␥ = 共L̂i , L̂a , Ĉi , Ĉa 兲, for
␣␤ jk bk jc bc
L̂ijk = 21 gir共ekg jr + e jgkr − erg jk兲,
a
L̂bk = eb共Nak 兲 + 21 hac共ekhbc − hdcebNdk − hdbecNdk 兲,
Ĉijc = 21 gikecg jk, a

Ĉbc = 21 had共echbd + echcd − edhbc兲, 共A7兲
satisfies the condition of theorem. 䊐
In modern classical and quantum gravity theories defined by a 共pseudo兲 Riemannian metric
structure g 共2兲, it is preferred to work only with the Levi–Civita connectionⵜ共g兲 = 兵⌫共g兲其, which is
uniquely defined by this metric structure. Nevertheless, for a given N-connection splitting N on a
nonholonomic manifold V with redefinition of the metric structure in the form g 共3兲, there is an
infinite number of metric compatible d-connections uniquely defined by g 共2兲, equivalently by g
共3兲 and N.
␣
The Levi–Civita linear connection ⵜ = 兵⌫␤␥ 其, uniquely defined by the conditions T = 0 and
ⵜg = 0, is not adapted to the distribution 共5兲. There is an extension of the Levi–Civita connection
ⵜ to a canonical d-connection D̂ = 兵⌫ ˆ ␥ 其共A7兲, which is metric compatible and defined only by a
␣␤
metric g when T̂ jk = 0 and T̂bc = 0 but T̂ija , T̂aji and T̂abi are not zero, see 共A3兲.
i a
A straightforward calculus shows that the coefficients of the Levi–Civita connection can be
expressed in the form
␥ ˆ ␥ + Z␥ ,
⌫␣␤ =⌫ ␣␤ ␣␤ 共A8兲
where
Zijk = 0, Zajk = − Cijbgikhab − 21 ⍀ajk, i

Zbk = 21 ⍀cjkhcbg ji − ⌶ih j
jkChb ,
a
Zbk = +⌶cd 关Lbk − eb共Nck兲兴,
ab c i
Zkb = 21 ⍀ajkhcbg ji + ⌶ih j
jkChb ,
ad ⴰ c gij ⴰ c
Zajb = − −⌶cb Ldj, a
Zbc = 0, i
Zab =− 关 Lajhcb + ⴰLcbjhca兴,
2
⫾
jk = 2 共␦ j␦k − g jkg 兲, = 21 共␦ac ␦bd + hcdhab兲,
1 i h
⌶ih ih
⌶cd
ab
共A9兲
for ⍀ajk computed as in formula 共6兲, ⴰLcaj = Lcaj − ea共Ncj 兲 and
␣
⌫␤␥ = 共Lijk,Lajk,Lbk
i a
,Lbk ,Cijb,Cajb,Cbc
i a
,Cbc 兲,
ⵜek共e j兲 = Lijkei + Lajkea, ⵜek共eb兲 = Lbk

i a
ei + Lbk ea ,
ⵜeb共e j兲 = Cijbei + Cajbea, ⵜec共eb兲 = Cbc

i a
ei + Cbc ea .
␥ ␥ ␥
It should be emphasized that all components of ⌫␣␤ , ⌫ˆ ␣␤ and Z␣␤ are defined by the coefficients
of d-metric g 共7兲 and N-connection N 共4兲, or equivalently by the coefficients of the corresponding
generic off-diagonal metric 共3兲.
For instance, such a principle can be defined by any condition to construct from the given
metric coefficients and a 共n + n兲-splitting a unique d-connection compatible to the canonical almost
complex structure 共this is the so-called Cartan connection兲, or admitting a straightforward appli-
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structions were recently developed in order to construct more general classes of exact solutions in
gravity51,5 共see also Part II in Ref. 12兲, physical applications of Ricci flow theory,10,11,3 and
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JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 50, 073503 共2009兲

Spectral functionals, nonholonomic Dirac operators,

We formulate a noncommutative generalization of the Ricci flow theory in the

0022-2488/2009/50共7兲/073503/24/$25.00 50, 073503-1 © 2009 American Institute of Physics

Imposing certain noncommutative conditions on physical variables and coordinates in an

Tr f共D2/⌳2兲 + 具⌿兩D兩⌿典, 共1兲

II. NONHOLONOMIC MANIFOLDS AND SPINOR STRUCTURES

A. Nonholonomic distributions and nonlinear connections

g = gគ ␣␤共u兲du␣ 丢 du␤ 共2兲

defined with respect to a local coordinate basis du␣ = 共dxi , dy a兲 by coefficients

We denote by ␲ : TV → TV the differential of a map V → V defined by fiber preserving

⍀共X,Y兲 ⯐ 关vX, vY兴 + v关X,Y兴 − v关vX,Y兴 − v关X, vY兴.

⳵ Nai ⳵ Naj b ⳵Nj b ⳵ Ni

e␣␣គ 共u兲 = 冋 eគii共u兲 Nbi 共u兲eabគ 共u兲

we transform the metric 共5兲 into a distinguished metric 共d-metric兲,

g = hg + vh = gij共x,y兲ei 丢 e j + hab共x,y兲ea 丢 eb , 共7兲

ei = dxi and ea = dy a + Nai 共u兲dxi . 共9兲

B. N-anholonomic spin structures

1. Clifford N-adapted modules „d-modules…

␥i␥ j + ␥ j␥i = 2ghijI.

c:⌫共 NCl共V兲兲 → End共⌫共E兲兲.

2. h-spinors, v-spinors, and d-spinors

with properties of type

共 hJ h␾ 兩 hJ h␺ 兲 = 共 h␺ 兩 h␾ 兲 for h␾, h␺ 苸 hS. 共12兲

III. NONHOLONOMIC DIRAC OPERATORS AND SPECTRAL TRIPLES

A. N-anholonomic Dirac operators

1. Noholonomic vielbeins and spin d-connections

c共du␣ˆ 兲 ⬟ ␥␣ˆ and c = 共du␣兲␺˘ ⬟ ␥␣␺˘ ⬅ e␣␣ˆ ␥␣ˆ ␺˘ , 共14兲

which allows us to write

␥␣共u兲␥␤共u兲 + ␥␤共u兲␥␣共u兲 = 2g␣␤共u兲I.

␦ f = 共e␯ f兲␦u␯ = 共ei f兲dxi + 共ea f兲␦y a ,

g共DX,Y兲 + g共X,DY兲 = ␦关g共X,Y兲兴 共16兲

D共␴␤兲 ⬟ D共␴兲␤ + ␴D共␤兲 共17兲

where fiber “acute” indices are considered as spinor ones.

ĉ共␺˘ 丢 a兲 ⬟ c共a兲␺˘ and h

D ⬟ − i共ĉ ⴰ Sⵜ兲 = 共 hD = − i共 hĉ ⴰ Sh ⵜ兲, vD = − i共 vĉ ⴰ Sv ⵜ兲兲. 共18兲

for a 苸 Cl共V兲 and ␺˘ 苸 ⌫⬁共S兲,

ˆ h␺兩 h␾兲 + 共 h␺兩 h ⵜˆ h␾兲 = h␦共 h␺兩 h␾兲

关D̂, f兴 = ic共␦ f兲,

B. N-adapted spectral triples and distance in d-spinor spaces

d共u1,u2兲 = sup 兵f共u1,u2兲/储关D̂, f兴储 ⱕ 1其

for any smooth function f 苸 C共V兲.

IV. SPECTRAL FUNCTIONALS AND RICCI FLOWS

manifold V enabled with a family of N-connections Nai 共␹兲.

A. Spectral flows and Perelman functionals

兺 1 f 共k兲共␹兲 1a共k兲共 ␾D2共␹兲/⌳2兲

C␮␯␭␥ = R␮␯␭␥ + 21 共R␮␭g␯␥ − R␯␭g␮␥ − R␮␥g␯␭ + R␯␥g␮␭兲 − 61 共g␮␭g␯␥ − g␯␭g␮␥兲 sR,

Lemma 4.1: One has the four dimensional approximation,

⫻ 共11Rⴱ共e2␾g␮␯兲Rⴱ共e2␾g␮␯兲 − 18C␮␯␭␥共e2␾g␮␯兲C␮␯␭␥共e2␾g␮␯兲兲. 共27兲

a共2兲共u,e−␾D2e−␾兲 = a共2兲共u,D2e−2␾兲 = a共2兲共u,e−2␾D2兲,

i.e., the coefficient before f 共2兲 in 共27兲.

B. Spectral functionals for thermodynamical values

Lemma 4.1兲 may be treated as certain noncommutative/quantum contributions to the classical

V. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

A. The theory of Ricci flows with nonholonomic constraints

B. The theory of spinors on Riemann–Finsler spaces

C. String theory and gauge gravity models

D. Exact solutions with generic off-diagonal metrics and nonholonomic variables in

E. Fedosov quantization of Einstein gravity and quantum Lagrange–Finsler spaces

APPENDIX: N-ADAPTED LINEAR CONNECTIONS

DX ⯐ XD = hXD + vXD = DhX + DvX = hDX + vDX ,

T共X,Y兲 ⯐ DXY − DYX − 关X,Y兴. 共A2兲

T共X,Y兲 = T共hX,hY兲 + T共hX, vY兲 + T共vX,hY兲 + T共vX, vY兲.

g共DX,Y兲 + g共X,DY兲 = ␦关g共X,Y兲兴共16兲

D共␴␤兲 ⬟ D共␴兲␤ + ␴D共␤兲共17兲