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Finding a 1-form adapted to a smooth flow
Let $M$ be a smooth compact manifold, and let $X$ be a smooth vector field of $M$ that is nowhere vanishing, thus one can think of the pair $(M,X)$ as a smooth flow with no fixed points. Let us say ...
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Smoothness of the closest point on a submanifold
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold, and let $S \subseteq M$ be a compact submanifold.
Assume that for each $p \in M$, there exist a unique closest point on $S$, i.e a unique point $\tilde s(...
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Characterizing Hessians among symmetric bilinear tensors
I apologize in advance if this is somewhat elementary, but:
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Is there a "characterization" of which symmetric bilinear tensors $B\in Sym^2(M)$ ...
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When is a closed differential form harmonic relative to some metric?
Let $\omega$ be a closed non-exact differential $k$-form ($k \geq 1$) on a closed orientable manifold $M$.
Question: Is there always a Riemannian metric $g$ on $M$ such that $\omega$ is $g$-harmonic,...
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Questions on J. F. Nash's answer about his errors in the proof of embedding theorem
In the interview of John Nash taken by Christian Skau and Martin Gaussen, in EMS Newsletter, September, 2015 when asked
Is it true, as rumours have it, that
you started to work on the embedding ...
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Can the Laplace operator on $n-$ manifolds be represented as a sum of $n$ second order derivational operators
EDIT: According to some comments on this post I revise the title to remove the misunderestanding.
Assume that $M$ is a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$. The natural Laplace operator associated ...
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Are there examples of Einstein manifolds with unbounded curvature?
Are there any known examples of Einstein manifolds $(M, g)$ such that $$\sup_{x \in M} \|\text{Rm}(x) \| = \infty$$
I'm looking for these examples because they might provide a counter-example to a ...
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Does the gluing procedure in Robert Wald’s book *General Relativity* yield a Hausdorff spacetime?
Before I state my problem, let me provide some definitions pertaining to the Cauchy Problem in General Relativity.
Definition 1: A triplet $ (\Sigma,h,k) $ is called an initial data set if $ (\Sigma,...
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Exact condition for smooth homogeneous to imply Riemannian homogeneous for compact manifolds
Let $ (M,g) $ be a homogeneous Riemannian manifold. That is, the isometry group $ Iso(M,g) $ acts transitively on $ M $. Let $ \pi_1(M) $ be the fundamental group of $ M $. Then $ \pi_1(M) $ has ...
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Poisson equation on manifolds
Let $(\mathcal{M},g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with Levi-Civita connection $\nabla$. It is well-known that the Poisson equation
$$\Delta u=f$$
does have a solution on $C^{\infty}(\mathcal{M})$ ...
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Orthogonal complements in Hilbert bundles
It's a standard fact that for a finite-dimensional vector bundle with an inner product, the othogonal complement of any subbundle is itself a locally trivial vector bundle.
What is known about the ...
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The Lie algebra of gradient vector fields
Assume that $M$ is a differentiable manifold. Is there a Riemannian metric on $M$ such that the space of all gradient vector fields on $M$ would be closed under the Lie bracket?
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Equidistant points on a compact Riemannian manifold
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. To this Riemannian manifold, we associate a natural number $K(M,g)$ as follows:
$K(M,g)$ is the maximum of all $n\in \mathbb{N}$ such that we have at ...
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Continuity of surface integrals on level sets
Let $\phi:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $\phi^{-1}(0)\neq\emptyset$ and $\phi\in C^1(W)$ where $W$ is a compact neighborhood of $\phi^{-1}(0)$, with $\nabla\phi\neq 0$ in $W$. So there is some $...
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The space of generalized complex structures in sense of N.Hitchin is contractible?
Generalized complex structures were introduced by Nigel Hitchin in 2002. A generalized almost complex structure is an almost complex structure of the generalized tangent bundle which preserves the ...
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