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Regularity of exponential map for $C^{2,\alpha}$ Riemannian metrics

Let $g$ be a $C^{2,\alpha}$ Riemannian metric and $0<\alpha<1$. Would the exponential map $\mathrm{exp}_p$ be $C^{1,\alpha}$ as the point $p$ varies? Since $\mathrm{exp}_p$ is defined by the ...
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Geodesic laminations on the 4-punctured sphere

Let $S_{0,4}$ be the 4-punctured sphere equipped with a hyperbolic metric of finite volume (thus all punctures are cusps). Consider $\gamma$ to be a simple geodesic of $S_{0,4}$ (not necessarily ...
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Parallel transport on a vector bundle : expansion of the correspondance between normal and tubular coordinates

Let $(M, g^{TM})$ be a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$. Let $X \subset M$ be a submanifold of dimension $n$ with boundary $\partial X$. Then we have a splitting of the tangent bundle $$TM \vert_{\...
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Does Kobayashi isometry map preserve complex geodesics?

Let $\gamma_1, \gamma_2$ are real geodesics in a domain $D$ and these two real geodesics are lying in the same complex geodesics, the question is, are $f\left(\gamma_1\right)$ and $f\left(\gamma_2\...
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Jacobi fields in singular metric on quotient space

Consider the square $\Omega = (0,\pi) \times (0,\pi/2) \ni (r,\theta)$ endowed with the Riemannian metric \begin{equation} f^2 \big(\mathrm{d} r^2 + \sin^2(r) \, \mathrm{d} \theta^2 \big), \end{...
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Going from piecewise to genuine geodesic without decreasing number of intersections?

Let $(M^2,g)$ be a complete, two-dimensional Riemannian manifold be given; also given is $\gamma: [0,\infty) \to M$, an injective geodesic in $M$. Suppose there are two geodesic segments $\gamma_i : [...
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Why is the set of singular points of starlike boundary $\Gamma$ closed?

I'm reading Geometric Inequalities of Yu. D. Burago and V. A. Zalgaller. I don't understand why $E_1$ is closed in the proof of the following lemma. Several definition. Suppose $ \Omega $ is a ...
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Calculating the principal curvature of the geodesic sphere of radius $r$ in the space of dimension $n$ and of constant sectional curvature $c$

I'm reading "Riemannian Geometry" by Manfredo P. do Carmo and I'm trying to calculate the principal curvature of the geodesic sphere of radius $r$ in the space of dimension $n$ and of ...
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Is there a mistake in Zagier's "Hyperbolic manifolds and special values of Dedekind zeta-functions"?

I am having troubles with Don Zagier's "Hyperbolic manifolds and special values of Dedekind zeta-functions", available at this link, and I think there might be a mistake. In particular the ...
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Compute distance between geodesics and perturbed geodesics on a Riemannian manifold via Jacobi field $\vert J \vert$

I would like to pose a question regarding the distance between a geodesic $\gamma(t)$ and a perturbed geodesic $\gamma_{\epsilon}(t)$ on a Riemannian manifold. Specifically, is the distance controlled ...
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Geodesics on orthogonal matrix

Let $ O(n) $ be the manifold of orthornormal matrix, i.e. $$ O(n)=\{A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}:A^TA=I\}. $$ Then $ O(n) $ is a submanifold of $ \mathbb{R}^{n\times n} $. On $ O(n) $, there is a ...
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A Question about an article by Birman, Series

Birman and Series in their article GEODESICS WITH BOUNDED INTERSECTION NUMBER ON SURFACES ARE SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED proved that the set of points on a hyperbolic surface (possibly with boundary) ...
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Sweeping out the disk: what comes out?

In 2008, Larry Guth gave a new proof of a theorem of Gromov about the min-max widths of the unit $n$-ball. This states that the $p$-parameter width $\omega_p(k,n)$ (of sweepouts with $k$-dimensional ...
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Jacobi equation and conjugate points on solution curves of the Van der Pol vector field

Let $X$ be a geodesible non vanishing vector field on a manifold $M$. Namely there is a Riemannian structure $(M,g)$ such that all integral curves of $M$ are unparametrized geodesics of the ...
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What integral formula is being used here?

I am trying to read the paper "Simple closed geodesics on convex surfaces" by E.Calabi and J. Cao and a certain passage is unclear for me. Before, let me contextualize and set up some ...
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Intersections of geodesics in an "almost flat" plane

Let $g$ be a complete metric on $\mathbb{R}^2$, such that: Outside of a compact connected set $K\subset \mathbb{R}^2$, the curvature of $g$ vanishes. The integral of the Gaussian curvature in $K$ is ...
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Are geodesics necessarily embedded?

I would like to ask a very basic/naive question. Given a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian manidold equipped with the Levi-Civita connection, is it known that all solutions of the geodesics equation are ...
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Can the exponential map be used to define geodesics (and hence, generalisations of geodesics)?

Let $(M,g)$ be a (connected, paracompact, $C^{\infty}$-smooth) Riemannian manifold with Riemannian metric $g$. The exponential map is defined for each point $p \in M$ to be the map $\exp_p : T_p M \to ...
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Do geodesics avoid regions where the curvature diverges?

Let $(M^2,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold, with manifold boundary $\partial M$. We assume that the metric degenerates at the boundary, in the sense that the (Gauss) curvature diverges like $K \to +\infty$...
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Translate of a geodesic that goes through a fixed point on $\mathbb{H}$

Consider the complex upper half plane $\mathbb{H}$ with the hyperbolic geometry. Fix a point $z \in \mathbb{H}$ and also a geodesic $c$. I want to find a hyperbolic translation $\gamma c$ passes that ...
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On properties of Besse spheres

Let $(\mathbb{S}^2,g)$ be a Besse sphere, that is, a Riemannian sphere all of whose geodesics are closed. By a result of Gromoll and Grove, all the geodesics are simple (no self-intersections) and ...
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Showing bound $\|\nabla_t \dot{\tilde{x}}_Y(h, 0)\| \le L \|Y\|_{2, \infty}$ for smooth homotopies of geodesics

This question pertains to Lemma 3.5 of this article. Let $M$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold and $\gamma$ some geodesic with respect to the Levi-Civita connection $\nabla$. For any $C^2$ vector field $...
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Geodesics and gradient flow

Is there a construction in Riemannian geometry which relates the gradient flow of a function on a manifold with a certain metric with geodesics on another related manifold with its own metric?
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A question on convexity and conjugate points

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact smooth simply connected Riemannian manifold with a smooth boundary. Assume also that $(M,g)$ does not have any conjugate pairs of points. Let $\Gamma \subset \partial M$ be a ...
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Image of tori in locally symmetric spaces and homology

Suppose we have a reductive group $G$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, a compact subgroup of the adelic points $K_f\subset G(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Q}})$, and the associated locally symmetric space $$Y_K := G(\mathbb{...
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Good resources that talk about geodesically convex sets for riemannian manifolds?

Are there any good resources that talk about geodesically convex sets, and in particular convex hulls, for riemannian manifolds? I’ve been wanting to learn more about them, their geometry and ...
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What does the boundary of convex hulls look like in matrix Lie groups?

Let $G$ be a compact matrix Lie group under the Killing form metric $\langle \xi, \eta \rangle_g = -\frac{1}{2}\text{tr}((g^{-1}\xi)^T(g^{-1}\eta))$ for $g \in G$ and $\xi,\eta \in T_gG$. Let $C \...
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Application of Santalo’s formula

Suppose that $(M,g)$ is a compact smooth Riemannian manifold with a smooth boundary and suppose that $f$ is a smooth function on $M$ with the property that $$ \int_I f(\gamma(t))\,dt=0,$$ for any ...
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Smoothness of distance function induced by Finsler metric

Consider $\mathbb R^N$ endowed with a smooth Finsler metric $\phi:\mathbb R^N\times S^N\to (0,+\infty]$. The smoothness assumption are both on $\phi(x,\cdot)$ (being at least $C^{2,1}$) and $\phi(\...
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Can we make distances in a finite subset of a manifold whatever we want?

Given a connected smooth manifold $M$ of dimension $m>1$, points $p_1,\dots,p_n\in M$ and positive values $\{d_{i,j};1\leq i<j\leq n\}$ satisfying the strict triangle inequalities $d_{i,j}<d_{...
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Distance and initial velocity of the shortest path along a smooth curve in a manifold

Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannain manifold and let $p\in M$. Let $\gamma:[0,1] \to M$ be a smooth curve and let $p \notin \gamma([0,1])$. Assume further that for each $t \in [0,1]$ there is a unique (unit ...
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Geodesic foliations of open manifolds foliated by hyperbolic spaces

It is known that hyperbolic spaces admit geodesic foliations (that is, a smooth unit vector field all of whose integral curves are geodesics, see https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.6700). Suppose a complete ...
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Infinite number of closed geodesics on distorted sphere

I would appreciate a reference to support this statement that appears under the Geodesic entry of the CRC Encyclopedia of Mathematics: "no matter how badly a sphere is distorted, there exists an ...
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Comparison of sum of vectors and exponential map on a Riemannian manifold

Suppose $M$ is a simply-connected complete Riemannian manifold with bounded sectional curvature $\delta \leq K \leq \Delta < 0$. Let $p_0\in M$. Define the sequence of points $p_1, \ldots, p_n$ by $...
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Completeness of infinitely intersecting causal geodesics in strongly causal spacetimes

Let $(M,g)$ be a connected, smooth, strongly causal Lorentzian manifold, and consider an inextendible causal geodesic $\sigma : [0,b) \to M$ (a priori, $b$ may be $\infty$) with the following property:...
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Injecitivity radius of Sasaki metric

Suppose we have a compact riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ and we endow $TM$ with the Sasaki metric $\tilde g$. Now I am interested in understanding the injectivity radius of $(TM,\tilde g)$ but I am ...
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Direct calculation of the Fisher distance via Riemannian geodesics

I'm looking for a reference for a direct calculation of the Fisher distance (to avoid overloading the term "metric") $d_F(x,y) := 2 \cos^{-1} \sum_i \sqrt{x_i y_i}$ as the geodesic distance ...
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Volume of a geodesic ball in $\operatorname{SL}(n) / {\operatorname{SO}(n)}$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}$Crossposted on MSE: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4261809/volume-of-a-geodesic-ball-in-sln-son Question: What is the volume of a ...
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for second order ODE

Problem statement In a problem of interacting particles, I encountered a type of geodesic equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with an additional rotation and dilation term $$ \ddot\gamma(t) + e^{t Q} \Lambda ...
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If any two triangles of equal area can be mapped via affine maps, what can we say about the geometry?

This is a cross-post. Let $(M,g)$ be a two-dimensional compact surface, endowed with a Riemannian metric. Fix $s>0$, and suppose that for any two geodesic triangles $A,B$ having area $s$, there ...
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What is the minimal length of a “Diagonal” in a Torus?

Given a Riemannian torus $(T,d)$ with fundamental group $\pi_1(T)=\langle a,b \mid ab=ba \rangle$. Denote for any $\gamma \in \pi_1(T)$ the infimum length of all representatives of $\gamma$ by $L(\...
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Conditions under which a metric on a Riemannian manifold is induced by a Riemannian metric

Let $(M, g)$ be a Riemannian manifold. Lately, I've grown interested in what you may call a "modified geodesic" problem. Given some smooth, non-negative scalar field $V$ on $M$ (aptly called ...
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Normal geodesic coordinates on submanifold comparison of coordinates

I would like to a find a formula which relates the normal geodesic coordinates associated to a submanifold to the geodesic coordinates on the manifold. More precisely, let $X$ be a closed submanifold ...
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Semiconcavity estimate for the squared distance on a compact Riemannian manifold

I am currently reading this paper on the Riemannian structure of the Wasserstein space over a compact Riemannian manifold (my question doesn't concern the Wasserstein metric), specifically Section 4.1,...
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Vanishing Gaussian curvature

I encounter the following claim in my general relativity research: Given a regular surface $x(u,v)$ such that in a neighborhood $V$ os some point $p$ in $S$, the coordinate curves $x(u,v=v_{0})$ and $...
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Sufficient condition for geodesic convexity/connectedness

Let $(\Sigma,g)$ be a connected smooth Riemannian manifold without boundary. By a minimizing geodesic I mean a geodesic whose length equals the distance between its endpoints. Let us consider the ...
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Can the existence of geodesics be deduced from properties of the Laplacian?

As I understand it, the semiclassical trace formula in particular relates lengths of geodesics to eigenvalues of the Laplacian. Is it possible to prove that every compact Riemannian manifold has a ...
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Usage/Application of Raychaudhuri equation in Riemann geometry or pure maths

While going through this paper by Witten and seeing a discussion about different aspects of Raychaudhari Equation and Einstein Field Equation. I want to ask if Raychaudhari Equation find any ...
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Hyperbolic length of curve that does not enter a collar

Let $\Sigma$ be a compact surface of genus at least $1$ with one boundary component, equipped with a hyperbolic metric so that the boundary is geodesic. There is a version of the collar lemma that ...
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Uniform divergence of geodesics in RAAGs

$\DeclareMathOperator\div{div}$Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space and let $\gamma$ be a geodesic in $X$. Roughly speaking, the divergence of $\gamma$ at a point $x\in \gamma$ is a function $\div:\mathbb{R}...
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