The Isospectral Problem for p-widths: An Application of Zoll Metrics

Abstract

We pose the isospectral problem for the $p$-widths: Is a riemannian manifold $(M^n, g)$ uniquely determined by its $p$-widths, $\{\omega_p(M,g)\}_{p=1}^{\infty}$? We construct many counterexamples on $S^2$ using Zoll metrics and the fact that geodesic $p$-widths are given by unions of immersed geodesics.