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Understanding the proof of lemma 1.1 from Fisher, Marsden, and Moncrief's paper
The following lemma is from Fisher, Marsden, and Moncrief's paper: the structure of the space of solutions of Einstein's equations:1
1.1. Lemma.
If Ein( $\left.{ }^{(4)} g\right)=0$, and ${ }^{(4)} h$ ...
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Do all compact manifolds admit geodesic tiling
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. I'll call a set of non-empty subsets $C_1,\dots,C_N$ a geodesic tiling of $M$ if:
Each $C_n$ is closed (geodesically) convex hull of a finite number of $\{...
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Local diagonalisation of a degenerated 2d metric tensor
Consider a smooth 2d-manifold $M$ and let $g$ be a smooth $(0,2)$-tensor satisfying $rk(g)\geq1$ everywhere. Obviously if $rk(g)=2$ at a point $p\in M$ then $g$ is locally diagonalisable (i.e. there ...
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Extrinsically flat submanifolds of a Riemannian manifold
Let $Q$ be a $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold. A submanifold $M$ of $Q$ is said to be extrinsically flat if $R_{M}(X,Y,Z,W) = R_{Q}(X,Y,Z,W)$ for all $X,Y,Z,W \in \mathfrak{X}(M)$, where $R_{M}$ ...
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Naturality of geodesic flow
Let $\texttt{Man}$ be the category of smooth manifolds with local diffeomorphisms as morphisms, and $ \texttt{Bun}$ --- the category of bundles (affine bundles or just fibre bundles, if necessary) and ...
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A question about second fundamental form of Riemannian isometric embedding
I have got a question unsolved for some time. I do not know whether it is trivial or not:
**I omit a very important fact: The metric at point p is second-order flat, i.e. $d_p \phi(-,v) = 0$ and $d_p^...
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Existence of properly discontinuous and cocompact action
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. My question is, under what conditions does $M$ admit a discrete group of isometries $\Gamma$ which acts properly discontinuously and cocompactly on $M$, that ...
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Planar curves in $M^{m}$ vs curves in $M^{2}$
Following Anton Petrunin’s suggestion, I revise the question to make it less vague.
Let $M^{m}$ be an $m$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, and let $\gamma$ be a unit-speed curve $I \to M^{m}$. We say ...
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Is the normalized Ricci flow real analytic in the time variable?
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold. In this paper, B. Kotschwar proved that the Ricci flow $g(t)$ with initial condition $g(0) = g$ is real analytic with respect to the time variable, for $...
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What specifically is the gap in Aubin's argument about positive Ricci curvature that Paul Ehrlich alludes to?
In his paper [2], Paul Ehrlich write
In [1], Aubin stated a theorem which implied as a corollary that if a manifold
$M$ admits a Riemannian metric with nonnegative Ricci curvature and
all Ricci ...
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Metric under Ricci flow on a 2-sphere can be realized by embedding
I am sorry if this is a silly question, but I am new to Ricci flows.
Let $\Sigma \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be a smoothly embedded sphere, and denote its metric (induced by $\mathbb{R}^3$) by $g$. Suppose ...
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Existence of the tubular neighborhood of uniform size
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M=N$. Suppose $|Rm_g| \le C_1$ on $M$ and the second fundamental form of $N$ is bounded by $C_2$. Moreover, there exists a ...
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Density of smooth bi-Lipschitz maps in smooth maps
Setup/Motivation:
Let $(M,g)$ and $(N,\rho)$ be complete Riemannian manifolds of respective dimensions $m$ and $n$ and suppose that $m\leq n$. Let $\operatorname{bi-C}^{\infty}(M,N)$ denote the class ...
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Yamabe operator, conformal transformations and square of the Dirac operator
On an $(M,g)$ compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold the Yamabe operator $Y = 4(n-1)/(n-2)L + s$, where $L$ is the Laplacian and $s$ is the scalar curvature is conformally covariant, which for me ...
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Curvature estimate in Hamilton's Ricci flow paper for traceless $\operatorname{Rm}$ on $4$-dimensional manifold
In dimension $4$, it is known that the curvature operator $\operatorname{Rm} : \Lambda^2(M) \to \Lambda^2(M)$ admits a block decomposition of the form $$\operatorname{Rm} = \begin{pmatrix} A & B \\...
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The vanishing of covariant derivative of an alternative metric tensor
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold, endowed with the Levi-Civita connexion $\nabla$ induced by $g$. By the very definition of the Levi-Civita connexion $\nabla$, we indeed know that $\nabla g=0$, i....
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Geometric characterizations of conformal maps
I have some fairly basic questions with regards to conformal structures/maps -- I apologize if they are on the basic side for MO, but I figured I might get some clarity here.
Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are ...
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Holonomy bounded in terms of area and the curvature
I suppose the following result follows
from Ambrose-Singer theorem, but I cannot
find a reference, and the arguments I found
in the literature are usually weaker. The idea
is that holonomy over a null-...
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Convex surfaces with minimal total curvature in Cartan-Hadamard 3-space
A Cartan-Hadamard 3-space $M$ is a complete simply connected 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature. A (smooth) convex surface $\Gamma\subset M$ is an embedded ...
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Combinatorial approximation to the integral of a form?
This is a bit of a followup to my previous question Intuition for the volume form - combinatorial definition?. I am looking for a certain combinatorial intuition when it comes to integrating ...
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Intuition for the volume form - combinatorial definition?
I apologize that this is short of research level but I have realized that I am not happy with my understanding of the volume form on an oriented Riemannian manifold and I was hoping to find some ...
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Why are holomorphic $p$-forms parallel?
Let $X$ be a complex compact Kähler manifold, $\Omega_X$ its cotangent bundle and $D$ the Chern connection.
It is, I believe, a standard fact that parallel $k$-forms $\alpha \in \mathcal{A}^k(X)$, i.e....
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Is the range of the exterior covariant derivative closed in $L^{2}$?
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Given a tensor bundle $\mathbb{E}$, let $\nabla:\Gamma(\mathbb{E}) \rightarrow \Gamma(T^{*}M\otimes \mathbb{E})$ be the canonical connection induced by ...
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Perturbing metrics with nonpositive curvature
Let $M$ be a compact $3$-dimensional manifold diffeomorphic to a ball. Suppose that $M$ has nonpositive (sectional) curvature and its boundary $\partial M$ is convex, or even that $M$ is a Riemannian ...
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All saddles in the unit ball have area $<2\pi$?
Let $M$ be the saddle surface in $\mathbb R^3$ defined by $x^2-y^2+z=0$. For any $r\geq 0$ and $(x_0,y_0,z_0)\in\mathbb R^3$, let $rM+(x_0,y_0,z_0)$ denotes the surface obtained by scaling $M$ by $r$ ...
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$2\mathrm{d}$ area maximizing short embeddings
Think of a beach ball on an pool of water or sand.
Let $\left(\mathcal{M}^2,g\right)$ be a surface homeomorphic to a sphere, endowed with a Riemannian metric $g$, and $\left(\mathcal{N}^2,h\right)$ a ...
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Can we prescribe the $L^2$ norm of the scalar curvature on a four-manifold?
As mentioned by Willie Wong, I modified to the following version:
Let $M$ be a closed smooth $4$ manifold.
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Suppose that $c>0$ is any positive number, can we find a Riemannian metric $g$ on $M$, ...
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The convex hull of a manifold whose cobordism class is trivial
Let $M$ be a compact orientable $n$ dimensional manifold. Assume that $M$ has trivial cobordism class.
Is there an embedding of $M$ in some Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^m$ such that the convex ...
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Is the volume functional analytic in the space of embeddings? What about locally?
Let $(M^{n+1},g)$ be an analytic Riemannian manifold and let $\Sigma^n$ be a closed analytic manifold. Denote by $\operatorname{Emb}(\Sigma, M)$ the space of all smooth (or maybe analytic) two-sided ...
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Cross product of two infinitesimal bendings
Let $M$ be a smooth (embedded or immersed) surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$.
Let $Z_1,Z_2$ be two vector fields along $M$, thought of as $\mathbb{R}^3$-valued functions, satisfying the following differential ...
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Geometric intuition behind definition of $\delta$-necklike points of the Ricci flow
In "The Ricci Flow: An Introduction", the authors define a $\delta$-necklike point of the Ricci flow as a point $(x, t)$ where $$\|\text{Rm} - R (\theta \otimes \theta)\| \leq \delta \|\text{...
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Norm of a $(1, 1)$ form on a Kähler manifold
Given a Kähler manifold $(M, g)$ what is the convention for defining the inner product on two $(1,1)$ forms $\alpha = \sqrt{-1}\alpha_{i \bar k} dz_{i} \wedge d \bar{z}_{k}$ and $\beta = \sqrt{-1}\...
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Prescribing variations that preserve the area
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and let $\varphi : \Sigma \to M$ be a two-sided embedding of a closed surface into $M$, with a unit normal $N$. Suppose that $\varphi$ is a regular point of the ...
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Connection between a function and its usage in geometry [closed]
I know nothing about geometry, but I found a function which seems to have something to do with geometry.
This function is, $$f(x,y,z) = \dfrac{(x,y,z)}{\sqrt{1 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2}}$$
where $x,y,z$ is ...
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Area of a deformation of a closed surface
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. Fix a two-sided immersion $\varphi : \Sigma^2 \to M$ from a closed surface into $M$, with unit normal $N$. Given $f \in C^\infty(\Sigma)$ and $\alpha : ...
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Harmonic functions on complete Riemannian manifolds
I have started reading a paper of Colding and Minicozzi, where they prove that on a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ of non-negative Ricci curvature, the space of harmonic functions of growth order at ...
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A problem arising from reading a lecture on the Yamabe problem of how the Hölder inequality is used
I'm reading Tawfik - The Yamabe problem: the PDE is
$$
\Delta \varphi+h(x) \varphi=\lambda f(x) \varphi^{q-1}. \label{1}\tag{1}
$$
Theorem (Yamabe). For $2<q<N=N=2 n /(n-2)$, there exists a $C^{\...
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Decomposition of tensors
It is well known that every traceless, symmetric $2$-tensor can be decomposed uniquely into a Lie derivative part and a Codazzi part. Is there an analog for totally symmetric $k$-tensors?
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Question about Clifford volume element
I'm a little confused with the following:
Let $M$ be a $m$ dimensional Riemannian manifold and $e_1,\cdots,e_m$ be a local orthonormal base of $TM$. Let
$$
\omega_\mathbb{R}=c(e_1)\cdots c(e_m)
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Decomposition about splitting of symmetric spaces of compact type
I get stuck in the following question:
Why does a locally symmetric space of compact type $M$ split locally irreducible components of dimension $\geq 2$ which are Einstein? In particular, why are all ...
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Questions about symmetric spaces
I'm a little confused with the following questions:
(1) Why does a symmetric space $M=G/K$ of compact type have $\mathcal{R}^M\geq 0$?
(2) Moreover, why does $\chi(M)\neq 0$ if and only if ${\rm rk}\ ...
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Why are we interested in spectral gaps for Laplacian operators
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and let $\Delta$ be its Laplacian operator. There is a large literature on a spectral gap for such a $\Delta$, that is, finding an interval $(0,c)$ which does not ...
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Manifolds with nonpositive radial curvature
How can one construct examples of Riemannian manifolds which have nonpositive radial curvature about some point, but are not nonpositively curved everywhere? (I presume that they exist, but do not ...
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Finding an asymptotically flat manifold with ${\rm Ric}_{r\phi} = \frac{\sin\theta}{r^2}$
Let $(r,\theta,\phi)$ be the spherical coordinates on $\mathbb{R}^3$ where $\theta \in (0,\pi)$ and $\phi\in (0,2\pi)$.
Does there exist an asymptotically flat metric $g$ on $\mathbb{R}^3\setminus B_1$...
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Question about spin map
I'm confused with the following definition of a spin map.
A spin map is a map $f: N\to M$ between differentiable manifolds such that their second Stiefel-Whitney classes are related $\omega_2(N)=f^*\...
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Homogeneous metrics on compact Lie groups
Given a differentiable manifold $M$, a Riemannian metric $g$ on $M$ is called homogeneous if its isometry group acts transitively on $M$. In that case, given any group $G$ acting transtitively on $(M,...
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Manifolds and Riemannian geometry with a bundle viewpoint
I was wondering if there are any books that builds the theory on manifolds and Riemannian geometry, but at the same time treats these subjects in the general case of bundles (similar to Jeffery Lee's ...
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Existence of a local spinor bundle
I am confused about the existence of a local spinor bundle.
My question is that if a Riemannian manifold $M$ is not spin, why does there exist a local spinor bundle over all sufficiently small open ...
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Question about Dirac operator
Let $D$ be a generalized Dirac operator on a complete Riemannian manifold. I'm a little confused to prove that there exists a constant $c>0$ such that
$$\|D\sigma\|^2\geq c^2\|\sigma\|^2$$
for $\...
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What are the volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of hyperbolic space? [duplicate]
What are the volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of $d$-dimensional hyperbolic space (in say the hyperboloid model)?
In particular, I'm especially interested in: what are the volume-preserving ...
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