Questions tagged [dg.differential-geometry]
Complex, contact, Riemannian, pseudo-Riemannian and Finsler geometry, relativity, gauge theory, global analysis.
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Progess on conjectures of Palis
I came across a "A Global Perspective for Non-Conservative Dynamics" by Palis. He has some conjectures
"Global Conjecture:
There is a dense set $D$ of dynamics such that any element of ...
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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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Serre's theorem for sheaves [closed]
Serre's theorem for (algebraic) vector bundles (VB) says that a VB over an affine variety is the same thing as finitely generated projective module over the ring of algebraic functions $\mathcal{O}(V)$...
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Does any warped product metric with harmonic Weyl curvature admit a structure of zero radial Weyl curvature?
A Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$ has harmonic Weyl curvature iff its Schouten tensor is Codazzi, and if there exists $f: M \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $W(\bullet, \bullet, \bullet, \nabla f) = 0$, one ...
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Normalizer of solvable linear group is an algebraic group?
I am trying to read the article "Three-dimensional affine crystallographic groups" of Fried–Goldman (Adv. Math., 1983). At some place, it states that if $G$ is a connected solvable closed ...
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Exterior differential systems on compact three-manifolds and Cartan-Kähler theory
Let $M$ be a compact three-manifold. I am interested in the following equation on $M$:
$ d e^i = \sum_{j,k}^3 \Theta^i_{jk} \, e^j\wedge e^k\, , \qquad i =1,2,3$
together with the following condition:...
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Does any warped product metric admit a function with hessian proportional to the metric?
It is known that the existence of a function with hessian proportional to the metric implies that the metric is a warped product metric. Is the reciprocal true as well? I.e, if $(B \times N, g = g_B + ...
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Compactification of a product of manifolds
Let $M$ be a smooth manifold. We make the assumption that $M$ can be viewed as the interior of a compact manifold with boundary $\overline{M}$. In practice, for an explicit manifold, any ...
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Smooth surface with boundary equal to $N$ distinct lines [closed]
Let's start with the simple observation that if $p_1,\dots,p_N$ are distinct points on $\mathbb{S}^1$ and if $M\subset \overline{B}_1$ is a smooth embedded $1$-dimensional manifold with boundary such ...
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Moser iteration epsilon-regularity for non-linear system in general dimension
I am attempting to prove the following result in general dimension $n$. Given $(M^n,g)$ a Riemannian manifold with $\mathrm{Ric}_g \geq -(n-1)$ and $\mathrm{Vol}_g(B_1(x)) \geq v > 0$ for all $x \...
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Conformal laplacian on asymptotically flat manifolds with boundary
Let $g$ be an asymptotically flat metric on $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is the unit ball.
Suppose $X$ is a smooth vector field on $M$ that is decaying exponentially and satisfies
$$\...
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Lie group framing and framed bordism
What is the definition of Lie group framing, in simple terms?
Is the Lie group framing of spheres a particular type of Lie group framing? (How special is the Lie group framing of spheres differed ...
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The existence of a positive Green function for the Laplacian on $\mathbb R$
One can show explicitly and easily that the function $G(x,y) = \frac 1 2 |x-y|$ is a positive Green function for the Laplacian $\frac {\mathrm d ^2} {\mathrm d x ^2}$ on $\mathbb R$ (endowed with the ...
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A question related to frame bundle of a vector bundle [migrated]
I am currently reading up on principal fiber bundles from a set of lecture notes on the subject, and I am trying to make sense of frame bundle of a vector bundle.
Consider a vector bundle $p:E\to M$ ...
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Bounded covariant derivative of curvature tensor
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold.
Suppose that there are positive constants $i_0$ and $K$ such that the injectivity radius of $M$ is at least $i_0$ and $|\mathrm{Rm}|\le K$ and $|\nabla \...
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Minimal first Pontryagin class $p_1=1$?
From Hirzbuch theorem,
the signature of 4-manifold $\sigma = p_1/3$ with the first Pontryagin class $p_1$.
I know that the $\sigma=p_1/3 =1$ so $p_1=3$ for complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^2$.
Is ...
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Non-spin 3-manifold as a boundary, extension to a spin 4-manifold [closed]
What are the possible non-spin 3-manifolds $M$ whose extension of 3d $M$ to 4d $N$ can have such that $N$ be a spin 4-manifold? What are some nice examples? I want to have such a spin 4-manifold $N$ ...
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How do we calculate the gradient of this function defined using the Riemannian logarithm on a Riemannian manifold?
We consider the following function $\psi$ on an open subset $V\subset M,$ a Riemannian manifold of dimension $m,$ so that $\exp_p:U\to V$ is a diffeomorphism with its inverse $\log_p: V\to U$. Let $v\...
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Convex hull of 3 points in Cartan-Hadamard manifolds
Can the convex hull of $3$ points in a Cartan-Hadamard manifold be smooth?
A Cartan-Hadamard manifold $M$ is a complete simply connected manifold with nonpositive curvature (so it includes the ...
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Convergence of metric spaces of increasing dimension
Given two metric spaces we can define the Gromov-Hausdorff (GH) distance. There are compactness results stating that a sequence of manifolds of a fixed dimension, with a uniform lower Ricci bound and ...
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string bordism group and framed bordism group for $d \leq 6$ and $d \geq 7$
Why do the string bordism group and the framed bordism group
coincide the same in dimensions lower than 7 ($d = 0,1,2,3,4,5, 6$)?
Why do the string bordism group and the framed bordism group differ
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Derive distributional inequalities from pointwise estimates
My question is how to prove the following claim:
Suppose that $E$ is an algebraic set in $\mathbb{R}^n (n\ge3)$ with dimension $\le n-2$, and $u$ is locally Lipschitz continuous
on $\mathbb{R}^n$. If ...
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Decompositions of $\partial_i$ to the radial direction and rotations in higher dimensions
We know in dimension $3$,
\begin{align}
\partial_{i}= \frac{x_i}{r} \partial_{r} - \varepsilon_{ijk} \frac{x^j}{r} \frac{R^k}{r} ,
\end{align}
where $\varepsilon_{ijk}$ are Levi-Civita symbols ...
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Gauge Lie groupoid associated to $SO(3)$ double cover
From each Lie group $G$ and principal $G$-bundle $P \rightarrow E$ one can form an associated (or gauge) Lie groupoid as the quotient of pair groupoid by the action of $G$ on $P \times P$
$$ \frac{P \...
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Examples of hyperbolic manifolds of dimension $\geq$ 3 with disjoint totally geodesic hypersurfaces
I am hoping to find examples of compact hyperbolic manifolds with at least 2 disjoint totally geodesic hypersurfaces. Ideally, I would like examples in dimension at least 4, though 3-dimensional ...
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Critical points up to smooth homotopy
Let $M$ and $N $ be closed connected smooth manifolds of dimension $n$.
Let $f: M\rightarrow N$ be a smooth function and not null-homotopic. Is there a smooth homotopy $H: [0,1]\times M\rightarrow N$ ...
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Is any globally-hyperbolic manifold conformally equivalent to one with complete slices?
Let $(M,g)$ be a globally-hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold. By the seminal work of Geroch and Bernal-Sánchez, we know that
$$M=\mathbb{R}\times\Sigma,\,\,\,\quad g=-\beta^{2}dt^{2}+h_{t}$$
where $\Sigma$...
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Curve length in the Sasaki metric
I am trying to read Appendix II.A.2 (Distances in the tangent bundle) in Canary, Epstein, Marden (eds.), Fundamentals of Hyperbolic Manifolds: Selected Expositions and am stumbling over a calculation ...
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reference for reading Schoen Yau positive mass theorem proof II
I am trying to read the paper by Schoen and Yau, Proof of the Positive Mass Theorem II. The notation is very different from what I am familiar with (basically Robert Wald's book on general relativity)....
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What's the point of geometric representation theory?
Please forgive the provocative title, what I mean is the following:
One can find representations of Lie algebras in geometric settings, the most famous being the Bott–Borel–Weil theory. However, ...
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Smooth surface containing the singularity of a spatial curve
$\DeclareMathOperator\dist{dist}$Let $\gamma$ be a $C^1$ spatial curve (one dimensional real $C^1$ submanifold of $\mathbb R^3$) which except for one point $p\in\gamma$ is smooth ($\gamma\setminus\{p\}...
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Renormalized limit measure on a splitting Ricci limit space
I'm reading Cheeger&Colding's On the structure of spaces with Ricci curvature bounded below. I recently. In the proof of proposition 1.35 as follows. I got some questions:
Proposition 1.35. Let $\...
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What is known about warped product metrics satisfying conditions more general than conformal flatness?
In this paper, the authors characterize warped product metrics which are conformally flat (the fibers must have constant sectional curvature, on some cases there is a limitation on the number of ...
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Tangent spaces of Lipschitz sub manifolds
Consider $\mathbb{R}^n$, $k<n$, and topological embeddings (homeomorphisms onto image) $f_i : \mathbb{R}^k \supseteq B_1(0) \to \mathbb{R}^n$, $i=1,2$, which are also Lipschitz continuous and ...
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different definitions of holomorphic bisectional curvature
Peter Li and Jiaping Wang defined holomorphic bisectional curvature in their paper as follows:
Assume that $M^m$ is a Kahler manifold of complex dimension $m$. Let $ \{e_1, \cdots , e_m\} $ be a ...
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Rotational invariance of Laplace-Beltrami eigenvalue problem on smooth manifolds
I am currently looking at the eigenvalue problems of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Let $(M,g$) be a smooth and oriented Riemann manifold. I am investigating the eigenvalue problem of the Laplace-...
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Covariant derivative $\nabla_{\dot{\gamma}} \dot{\gamma}$ of constrained velocity vector $\dot{\gamma}$ by distribution $B$ and bounded map $\delta_i$
I have been studying differential geometry for a while. The subject is hard to grasp at first, but gets easier once one understands the main concepts. One of them are covariant derivative $\nabla_X Y$....
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Sufficient conditions for chain recurrent set equal to set of non wandering points
Given a generic diffeomorphism, I know that the set of nonwandering points is contained in the chain recurrent set, but the converse is not always true. Is there some sufficient conditions under which ...
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Asymmetric minimal surfaces in $H^3$
Inspired by this question, are there any explicit parameterizations of asymmetric minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^3$? E.g. something like the minimal surface which lies over the ellipse given by
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Changing the sign of the moment map in the Seiberg Witten equations
The Seiberg-Witten equations on a closed four manifold
$$
D_A \varphi = 0, F_A^+ = \mu(\varphi)
$$
are elliptic (up to gauge transformations), and so the equations
$$
D_A \varphi = 0, F_A^+ = -\mu(\...
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$C^1$ manifold with complex structure
Let $M$ be a manifold. A complex structure on $M$ is an endomorphism $J \in \text{End}(TM)$ such that $J^2 = -\text{id}$ together with the vanishing of the Nijenhuis tensor. If $J$ is real-analytic, ...
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Going from piecewise to genuine geodesic without decreasing number of intersections?
Let $(M^2,g)$ be a complete, two-dimensional Riemannian manifold be given; also given is $\gamma: [0,\infty) \to M$, an injective geodesic in $M$.
Suppose there are two geodesic segments $\gamma_i : [...
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Is the oriented bordism ring generated by homogeneous spaces?
I am trying to find a Riemannian geometrically well-understood set of generators of the oriented bordism ring, including the torsion parts. By a set of generators, I mean that the set generates the ...
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Integration by parts over $R^n$ [migrated]
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure over $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $f$ and $g$ be two real-valued functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$. I would like to compute
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \nabla f(x) g(x) \, d\mu(x). $$
I ...
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Area of a smooth complex projective curve
Let $P(X,Y,Z)$ denote a homogeneous polynomial in $\mathbb{C}[X,Y,Z]$ such that $X_P = \{(u : v : w) \in \mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2 \mid P(u,v,w) = 0\}$ defines a smooth complex projective curve in $\...
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Topological degree of differentiable map using line integrals?
Let $f:\mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb C$ be a $C^1$ function that vanishes at a point $x_0.$
I can then define $$-i \int_{\gamma_\varepsilon} \nabla \log(f(s)) \cdot ds := - i \int_0^1 \nabla (\log f)(\...
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Planar sections of convex sets in Cartan-Hadamard manifolds
Let $X$ be a convex set in Euclidean space $\mathbf{R}^n$ and $p\in\mathbf{R}^n$ be a fixed point. Then any plane $\Pi$ passing through $p$ intersects $X$ in a convex set. Conversely, this property ...
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Does Hermite-Einstein imply Kähler-Einstein?
Let $M$ be a compact Kähler manifold and let $\nabla$ be its Levi-Civita, or equivalently its Chern, connection. Denoting the vector bundle of complexified one forms of $M$ by $\Omega^1_{\mathbb{C}}$, ...
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Dirac distribution on a manifold $M$ as a smooth manifold in $C^1(M)^*$, question about its dimension
I have not learned many knowledges on differential geometry, I met this when trying to read the min-max scheme in PDE on manifold, which is in Section3.1.
Let $M_1= \delta_{x_i}$, $x_i \in M$. For $\|...
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1D topological defects in $d>3$ spatial dimensions
I am trying to construct a 1D topological defect solution in 4 spatial dimensions, i.e., a solution to some PDE (likely the equations of motion of some Lagrangian) on $\mathbb{R}^{4}$ which is ...
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