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The Laplacian of an expression involving the Ricci tensor
While doing some computations on a compact Riemannian manifold I have reached the following expression:
$$ \Delta_y \big( Ric_y (\exp_y ^{-1} x, \exp_y ^{-1} x) \big) (x)$$
where $\Delta_y$ is the ...
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Parallel transport of global sections and Riemannian curvature
A, perhaps, naive question from an algebraist/combinatorialist teaching differential geometry. Originally asked on math.SE but didn't receive a single comment in 3 days.
Consider a (real) smooth ...
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The range of $\int_M \kappa_g ds$ where $g$ varies in all possible real analytic metrics on $M$
Let $M$ be a real analytic open surface(A non compact 2 dimensional manifold without boundary).
For every number $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$, is there a real analytic Riemannian metric on $M$ with
$$\...
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Scalar curvature in terms of second fundamental form, reference request
I would like to cite a reference for the following formula for scalar curvature:
If $\Sigma$ is a hypersurface in Euclidean space, then $R=H^2-\lvert A\rvert^2$, where $R$ is the scalar curvature ...
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Limit cycles of quadratic systems and closed geodesics(Finitness of $H(2)$)
This question is inspired by this answer to the question Finding a 1-form adapted to a smooth flow.
Assume that $V$ is a polynomial vector field of degree $2$ as follows:$$\begin{cases} x'=P(...
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Flows associated with Killing fields
Let $M$ be a Riemann manifold and $p, q$ two points on a geodesic $\sigma$ which are isotropically conjugate. That is, there is a Jacobi field along $\sigma$ vanishing at $p$ and $q$ which is the ...
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Normal fields of geodesic spheres
This question is related to this one (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1383511/normal-curvature-of-geodesic-spheres) I've asked at math.stackexchange. Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian ...
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Relationship between sectional curvature, bisectional curvature and conjugate points
Tian has defined bisectional curvature for unit and perpendicular tangent vectors $X,Y$ as follow
$$R(X,Y,X,Y)+R(X,JY,X,JY).$$
If bisectional curvature be constant, is there any relationship between ...
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Product formula for Laplace de-Rham operator
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold with Laplace de-Rham operator $\Delta = (d + \delta)^2$. If $g$ is a smooth $k$-form, and $f$ is a smooth function, is there a simple formula for $\Delta(fg)$ when $k &...
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Reference request: extendability of Lipschitz maps as a synthetic notion of curvature bounds
In the lecture Notions of Scalar Curvature - IAS around 8:00, Gromov states the following result, which he claims he does "slightly uncarefully":
Suppose $(X,g_X)$ and $(Y,g_Y)$ are ...
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Sectional curvatures under simple maps
Suppose that we have a submanifold $X$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with the induced Euclidean metric, whose sectional curvatures we have a handle of (say, they are lower bounded by some $\kappa$).
Is there a ...
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Flatness in a neighborhood of a point condition
Suppose that we have a Riemannian Manifold $(M,g)$ whose
curvature vanishes in an open neighborhood U of a point p.
When does this imply that the metric is Flat ?
In particular, does it happen ...
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Prescribing an induced metric
We know that, if we have a surface $z=f(x,y)$ with Euclidean space being ambient manifold, the induced metric is as follows (in matrix form):
$$g=\begin{bmatrix}
1+\left ( \frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\...
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geometric meaning of Ricci-flatness
What is the geometric meaning of Ricci-flatness? We know that if the Riemann tensor at a point vanished, manifold is flat at this point. but I don't know When the Ricci tensor vanished at a point, ...
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Geometric interpretation for a connection whose corresponding distribution generates the whole Lie algebras of vector fields
Let we have a connection on a manifold $M$ so it is considered as a distribution on the tangent bundle $TM$ of $M$. The integrability of this distrbution is equivalent to flatness of the connection.
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A higher-dimensional "line of curvature"?
Let $M$ be a submanifold of a Riemannian manifold $Q$, and let $\Gamma$ be a $d$-dimensional submanifold of $M$, i.e., $\Gamma^{d} \subset M \subset Q$.
Suppose that, for all (unit) normal vectors of $...
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Flat Riemannian metrics adapted to quadratic vector fields with center
Assume that $P(x,y),Q(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}[x,y]$ are two polynomials of degree $2$ with $P(0,0)=Q(0,0)=0.$
Suppose that the vector field $$\begin{cases} x'=P(x,y)\\ y'=Q(x,y) \end{cases}$$ has a center ...
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Conformal Transformations that are Ricci Positive Invariant
Is there any known class of conformal transformations $\phi : M \to M$ of a riemannian/semi-riemanian manifold $(M,g)$ that have the property: $g$ is ricci-positive iff $\phi^* g$ ricci positive?
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Obtaining the metric from the mixed Ricci tensor $R^i{}_j$
In chapter 5 of the book "Einstein Manifolds", Arthur Besse discusses the possibility to find the metric $g$ when knowing the Ricci curvature tensor $Ric(g)$ ($=R_{ij}$).
But what do we know about ...
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stability of two-sided sectional curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry
Suppose that $(M,g)$ is a Lorentzian manifold of signature $(-,+,\ldots,+)$. Given a two plane $\Pi=\textrm{Span}\{X,Y\}$ with $X,Y \in T_pM$, we say that $\Pi$ is non-degenerate if
$$ g(X,X)g(Y,Y)-g(...
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A kind of "Curvature tensor" for higher dimensional tensors
I begin my question with a multilinear question then I will consider two local smooth analogies:
Assume that $\alpha$ is a real valued symmetric $k$-tensor, that is a $k$-linear map $\alpha:\...
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Curvature of singular Riemannian metric
Let $M$ be a differentiable manifold of dimension $n>1$ and $g$ a flat Riemannian metric on $M$. Consider $f:M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ a continuous function which doesn't have continuous first ...
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A kind of surfaces
Is there a way* to prove that a Bonnet Surface $S$ in isothermal coordinates in $R^3$ with mean curvature ($H$) and Gaussian curvature ($K$) both non-constant and where $(H^2-K)=c$, (with c positive ...
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curvature and volume growth
Let $M$ be a non-compact connected Riemannian manifold with $\mathrm{sec}_g=0$ and $\operatorname{vol} B(x,r)\geq c(n)r^n$ for any $r$, where $c(n)>0$. How to prove that $(M,g)$ is isometric to $(R^...
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Second fundamental form and embeddings
Let $\Sigma$ be a smooth hypersurface of a $d$ dimensional smooth Riemannian manifold $(\mathcal M, G)$;
we may see $G_x$ as a mapping from $T_x(\mathcal M)$ into $T_x^*(\mathcal M)$ so that
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Limited expansion of mean curvature of geodesic spheres
I am working with the Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ (compact, without boundary). In spherical geodesic coordinates $(r, \sigma)$ around some arbitrary $x \in M$ (where $\sigma$ denotes ...
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The differentiability of the distance function on asymptotically flat manifolds
Let $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus \overline{B_1}$ where $\overline{B_1}$ is the closed unit ball.
Let $g$ be an asymptotically flat metric of the form $g_{ij} = \delta_{ij}+h_{ij}$ in standard ...
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Diameter bounds by mean curvature and area
I'm wondering about a generalization of Simon/Topping/Wu-Zheng's results on bounding diameter by the mean curvature, which roughly says: given a closed $\Sigma^{n-1} \subseteq M^n$,
$$\text{diam}(\...
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Asymptotics on the number of diffeomorphism classes in the Cheeger finiteness theorem
A result of Cheeger says that, given any even dimension and any $\delta > 0$, there are only a finite number of diffeomorphism types of compact simply-connected manifolds of that dimension which ...
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Conformal changes of metric and normal coordinates
Suppose that $(M,g)$ is a smooth Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\geq 2$. Let $p\in M^{\textrm{int}}$. Does there exist a small $\delta>0$ and a smooth function $c>0$ such that for the ...
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Parallelism defect
I have a question that I don't know how to answer.
If I have a parallelism defect it is due to the presence of a curvature and therefore we can bring it back to a Riemann tensor.
The thing that is not ...
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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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A geometric rank of Riemannian manifolds
There are various ranks which have been assigned to a smooth manifold. The following ranks are two examples of such ranks:
The maximum number of global independent vector fields which can be defined ...
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Bounding distance between geodesics in manifolds with nonpositive curvature
This is a duplicate of a question at the stackexchange which was not answered. I've recently read (in some notes by Mark Pollicott) the following related claims, which, although quite intuitive, I ...
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Spherical cap is the only compact constant mean curvature surface bounded by a circle
I would like to see that the only compact rotationally invariant constant mean curvature surfaces with boundary a planar circle, are either a planar disk or a spherical cap.
This is stated in the ...
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Derivation of the volume preserving mean curvature flow
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Huisken, Gerhard, The volume preserving ...
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Construct a hypersurface with fixed principal curvatures at a point
I'm reading Eschenburg's paper Local convexity and nonnegative curvature —
Gromov's proof of the sphere theorem recently. And I meet a little question: Given a point $p\in M$, $N\in T_pM$, we want to ...
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Ricci scalar of submanifold of $\mathbf R^n$
Let $M$ be an $n-m$ dimensional sub-manifold of $\mathbf R^n$ defined by the following set of equations:
\begin{equation}
f_1(\vec x)=0, \\
\vdots \\
f_m(\vec x)=0,
\end{equation}
where $\vec x$ are ...
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Under what condition the covariant derivative of Ricci operator along Killing vector field vanish?
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and $V$ a unit Killing vector field on it. Under what condition on curvature tensor the following equation hold:
$$\nabla_VQ=0,$$
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Soliton equation and non-killing potential vector field
I am searching for a non-Killing vector field $\zeta \in\frak X\rm (M)$ where $(M,g)$ is a Riemannian manifold such that
$$\frac12 \frak L_\zeta \rm g+Ric=\lambda g$$
$$ \frak L_\zeta \rm Ric=\lambda \...
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Asymptotics of constant mean curvature surfaces
Let $\Sigma^n \subset \mathbf{R}^{n+1}$ be a complete, properly embedded hypersurface with constant, non-zero mean curvature $H \neq 0.$
In the case where the dimension is $n = 2$, $\Sigma$ is non-...
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Bilipschitz constants of exponential map on small ball for Riemannian manifold with curvature bounds
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature $\mathrm{sect}$ between $-K\le \mathrm{sect} \le K$ for some $K>0$. In [1] it is stated at the beginning of section 4, that if $u,v\in ...
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Ricci-flat metrics on complex tori of dimension $n \geq 3$
Let $\mathbb{T}^n = \mathbb{C}^n /\Lambda$ be a complex torus of (complex) dimension $n$. If $n=2$, it is a theorem of Berger that the Ricci-flat metrics on $\mathbb{T}^2$ are flat. This follows from ...
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Computing/estimating geodesics in practice
Let's say I have a Riemannian manifold with known metric $g$. I want to compute the geodesics of this manifold, specifically with respect to the Levi-Civita connection.
In practice, (i.e. with a ...
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Natural measures of curvature of Riemannian manifold along two-dimensional subspace
Given a Riemannian manifold $M$, a point $p \in M$, and some two-dimensional subspace $\varSigma$ of $T_{p}M$, the sectional curvature $K(\varSigma)$ is a well-known, natural measure of the curvature ...
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Handling degenerate planes in pseudo-Riemannian geometry: impact on sectional curvature and comparison theorems
I've been studying Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds and came across an intriguing point regarding the definition of sectional curvature in both geometries.
In pseudo-Riemannian geometry, for ...
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volume of a submanifold implies bounds on curvature
I would like to ask the following question: Suppose an m-dimensional manifold in an n-dimensional euclidean space, choose some point on this manifold and take an n-dimensional ball of radius R centred ...
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Curvature tensor of interpolation of two metrics
Let $\hat{g}$ and $\bar{g}$ be two smooth Riemannian metrics defined, say, on $\mathbb{R}^n.$ Consider a smooth function $\xi$ that acts as an interpolation function between the two metrics above on ...
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Curvature of an affine system
I find an interesting paper that mentioned the Definition of curvature of an affine optimal control system. It reminded me that many textbooks on Riemannian geometry only tell us about metrics, ...
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Computation of scalar curvature from a Riemannian metric
I want to compute the scalar curvature for points on an empirical manifold (sampled data).
I have already an algorithm that learns the Riemannian metric and computes geodesics, so from the metric I ...
