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Request for resources on directional derivative of the Riemannian distance function, and Berger's lemma about geodesics realizing the diameter
I've been recently interested in directional derivatives of the Riemannian distance function, and I came across this question, and its answer by Sergei Ivanov, where he stated an important result: (I ...
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non-negative curvature condition for polyhedral manifolds
A polyhedral manifold P, i.e, a topological manifold with a triangulation where each simplex is isometric to a simplex in Euclidean space (other constant curvature spaces are allowed), is said to have ...
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Intersection of conical neighbourhoods on a polyhedral space
Let $P$ be a non-negatively curved (in the Alexandrov sense) polyhedral space (of dimension 3, say), $p,q\in P$ be vertices, and let $e$ be an edge connecting $p$ and $q$. Assume $e$ has cone angle $0&...
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Length and curvature for closed curves in negatively curved spaces
In the Euclidean plane, for a closed smooth curve of length $\ell$ whose curvature is bounded above by $\epsilon$ we have the inequality
$$ \ell \ge 2\pi \epsilon^{-1} $$
which follows from the fact ...
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A Lipschitz limit of Riemannian metrics with curvature in $[-1,1]$
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact manifold with a metric $g$ (not necessarily Riemannian one). Suppose that $(M,g)$ is a Lipschitz limit of a sequence of Riemannian manifolds $(M_n,g_n)$ with the sectional ...
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In a manifold, $\angle xpy>\frac{\pi}{2}$, for $q$ on $px$ or $py$, $B_q(r)$ homeomorphic to $B_p(r)$?
Let M be an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold without boundary, with sectional curvature $\geqslant -1$. For a point $p\in M$, suppose there exist $l, \delta>0$, $x,y \in M$ with $d(p,x),d(p,y)>...
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Homeomorphism/ homotopy types of non-negatively curved manifolds
A (special case of a) theorem of Gromov says for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$ there exists a constant $C(n)$ such that for any smooth connected closed $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with non-negative ...
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Is there a fiber bundle for Alexandrov spaces collapsing to a manifold?
Let $\Psi(i)\to 0$ as $i\to \infty$.
Let $A_i$ be a sequence of n dimensional Alexandrov spaces with curvature $\geqslant k$, that Gromov Hausdorff converge to an m dimensional closed Riemannian ...
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Bishop-Gromov volume comparison on manifolds with negligible negative Ricci curvature
Let us consider a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $n$ with $Ric \geq 0$. Then the Bishop-Gromov volume comparison theorem says that for any $p \in M$, the function
$$ \frac{\text{Vol}(B(...
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Multidimensional gluing theorem for Riemannian manifolds
I would like to understand whether the following multidimensional (partial) generalization of the A.D. Alexandrov gluing theorem is true and, if yes, whether there is a reference.
(The original ...
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Estimate of number of boundary components of a compact Riemannian 2-surface
Let $X$ be a compact smooth 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that the Gauss curvature of $X$ is at least $-1$ and the diameter is at most $D$. Assume that near the boundary the ...
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Estimate of area of 2-dimensional surface
Let $X$ be a compact smooth 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that the Gauss curvature of $X$ is at least $\kappa$, the diameter is at most $D$, and the second fundamental form ...
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Do Alexandrov spaces with non-empty boundary satisfy $RCD^*$ condition?
Let $M$ be an $n-$ dim compact Alexandrov space with curvature $\geq k$ with non-empty boundary $\partial M$.
Recently, a notion of generalized lower Ricci curvature bound on metric measure spaces ...
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Area of a sphere in Alexandrov spaces
Let $(X,d)$ be an $n (\geq2)$ dim Alexandrov space with curvature $\geq k$. $B(x,r)$ is an open ball in $X$. Let $M_{k,n}$ be the $n$ dim space form of constant curvature $k$. $B_k(r)$ is an open ball ...
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Can we realize the smooth metric of an Alexandrov space with nonnegative curvature by a Riemannian structure?
We know that a smooth Riemannian manifold with nonnegative curvature is an Alexandrov space (with induced metric) of nonnegative curvature.
What about the converse? That is, given a smooth metric d ...
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Limit space of a sequence of Riemannian manifolds with uniformly bounded below Ricci curvature
Let $\{M^n_i\}_{i=1}^\infty$ be a sequence of closed smooth Riemannian $n$-dimensional manifolds with uniformly bounded below Ricci curvature and uniformly bounded above diameter. The Gromov ...
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Isometry group of low dimensional Alexandrov space
It is known by the work of Galaz-García and Guijarro, that the dimension of the isometry group of an $n$-dimensional Alexandrov space (of curvature bounded below) is bounded above by $\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$...
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Does Alexandrov space satisfy a reverse doubling condition?
Let $X$ be an $n-$dim Alexandrov space with curvature $\geq k$. Does $X$ satisfy a reverse doubling condition? That is, does there exist a constant $C>1$, s.t., for any $x\in X$, $0<r<\...
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Convergence of functions on Alexandrov spaces
Consider a sequence of $n-$dim Alexandrov spaces with curvature $\geq$ -1 $\{(M_i,p_i)\}$ Gromov-Hausdroff converging to an $n-$dim Alexandrov space $(M,p)$. Let $f:M\mapsto \mathbb R$ be a Lipschitz ...
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Gromov-Hausdroff convergence for Alexandrov spaces
Let $\{X_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ be a sequence of compact Alexandrov spaces (with curvature $\geq k$) converging to (in the sense of Gromov-Hausdroff convergence) an Alexandrov spaces $X$, and $f_n:X_n\...
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A compact Alexandrov space with curvature bounded below has curvature bouneded above? [closed]
For a compact Riemannian manifold, Since the curvature tensor is continuous, we know that the sectional curvature is bounded, i.e. bounded above and below. Now let $M$ be a compact Alexandrov space ...
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Why is a negatively curved cone surface locally CAT(-1)?
Recently, I was reading a paper about the rigidity of negatively curved cone surfaces written by S. Hersonsky and F. Paulin. The authors said that a negatively curved cone surface is locally CAT(-1). ...
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Gradient of distance function at cut points on Alexandrov spaces
Let $M$ be an $n$-dim Alexandrov space with curvature bounded below $sec \geqslant k$, possibly non-compact. We assume that $M$ has no boundary for simplicity. For a compact subset $K \subset M$, the ...
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when are local quasigeodesics global in CAT(0)
It is well-known (and easily shown) that a local quasi-geodesic (for some value of "local") in a $\delta$-hyperbolic space is global (one can compute the constants, as well, from local data). This is ...
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Shortest paths in Alexandrov spaces
Let $X$ be an Alexandrov space with curvature bounded from below (if necessary, $X$ might be assumed to be finite dimensional or even compact).
Question 1. Is it true that every point of $X$ has a ...
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isoperimetric problems on Alexandrov spaces
For an Alexandrov space M with curvature bounded from below, the isoperimetric profile $v \to I_M(v)$ defined for every $v\in (0,V(M))$ (the volume of M might be infinite), is given by
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I_M(v)=...
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Alexandrov spaces satisty $BE(K,N)$ and $BE(K,\infty)$?
Assume the Dirichlet form $\varepsilon$ adimits a Carre du champ $\Gamma$ and introduce the multilinear form $\Gamma_2$ $$
\Gamma_2 [f,g;\phi]:=\frac12 \int_X (\Gamma (f,g)L\phi -(\Gamma(f,Lg)+\Gamma(...
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Does convex set in Alexandrov space has positive reach?
Let $M$ be a metric space, $A$ a subset of $M$. The reach (defined by Federer) of $A$ in $M$ is the largest $r_0\ge 0$ such that if $x\in M$ and the $d(x, A)< r_0$, then $A$ contains a unique point ...
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Is the tangent cone of a totally convex subset again totally convex?
$X$ be an Alexandrov's space with lower curvature bound and $C$ be a totally convex subset, i.e. for any $x,y \in C$ and any geodesic $\gamma$ (that is a locally shortest path) connecting $x$ and $y$ ...
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examples of totally geodesic subset
Could you give examples of totally geodesic subset of codim>1 in positively curved Alexandrov space?
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a result of soul theorem,right?
$X$ is an $n$-dim positively curved manifold and $Y$ is a totally geodesic submanifold of codimension 1. Then cutting along $Y$ we get $n$-dim positively curved manifolds without boundary, by soul ...
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Is $\partial X$ a sphere for $X$ a complete CAT$(0)$ space?
Let $X$ be a complete CAT$(0)$ metric space, and $\partial X$ its boundary.
One way to define $\partial X$ is as the equivalence class of geodesic rays
$\gamma(t), \gamma'(t)$
that remain within a ...
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Extend the Wilking Connectiveity Theorem to Alexandrov spaces
In the conference "on Manifolds with Non-negative Sectional Curvature" held in 2007,
Problem 6 is:
Extend the Wilking Connectivity Theorem to Alexandrov spaces, i.e. if $X$ is a positively curved ...
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Smoothability of compact Alexandrov surfaces with curvature bounded from below
Let $(X,d)$ be compact metric space of curvature greater than $-1$ (in the sense of comparison triangles), assume that its Hausdorff dimension is $2$. Then a result of Perelman says that $X$ is a 2-...
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Metrically singular Alexandrov space.
Perelman's stability theorem shows in particular that a finite dimensional compact Alexandrov space $(X,d)$ such that $X$ is not a topological manifold cannot be approximated in the Gromov-Hausdorf ...
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Rigidity of triangle comparison in Alexandrov spaces
For $CAT(\kappa)$ spaces $X$ we have following rigidity result: if equality holds in any of the comparison distances between a triangle $\Delta$ in $X$ and the corresponding comparison triangle $\...
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Why is GL(n,C)/U(n) a CAT(0) space?
The title says it all. In one of his answers to the question "Convex hull in CAT(0)" (I don't have the points to post a link, if someone doesn't mind link-ifying this that would be cool), Greg ...
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