Questions tagged [riemannian-geometry]
Riemannian Geometry is a subfield of Differential Geometry, which specifically studies "Riemannian Manifolds", manifolds with "Riemannian Metrics", which means that they are equipped with continuous inner products.
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Holomorphic maps on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ (for n not necessarily even)
Edit according to the comment of user36931 I remove the "motivation" from the previous version and I add an statement to the first question
We consider the following two classes of smooth maps on $...
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A question on generalized Einstein metrics on four-dimensional manifolds
I am thinking of a possible generalization of Einstein metrics (or a possible characterization of Einstein metrics) on four-dimensional manifolds,
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\mathrm{Ric}\circ\mathrm{Ric}=\...
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Infinite dimensional Riemannian geometry
My current research has brought me into an area the requires me to learn some infinite dimensional Riemannian and Kähler geometry. Can someone recommend some good books or survey articles to help me ...
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Connection on canonical $\operatorname{Spin}^\mathbb{C}$ spinor bundle on symplectic manifold
Let $W$ be the canonical $\operatorname{Spin}^\mathbb{C}$ spinor bundle on a symplectic 4-manifold $(M, \omega)$, with a compatible $J$ and $g$, so
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{W_ + } = {T^{0,0}}{M^*} \...
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Manifold with all geodesics of Morse index zero but no negatively curved metric?
A closed oriented Riemannian manifold with negative sectional curvatures has the property that all its geodesics have Morse index zero.
Is there a known counterexample to the "converse": if (M,g) is ...
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What is the meaning of Yang-Mills action evaluated on Levi-Civita connection?
On a Riemannian manifold $M$ with riemann curvature tensor $R_{\mu\nu\rho\sigma}$ written as (endomorphism valued) curvature two-tensor of the Levi-Civita connection $R=R_{\mu\nu}dx^\mu\wedge dx^\nu$,...
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Solution to Seiberg-Witten monopole equation
To understand some physics problem, I want to know if there is (non-$L^2$ or $L^2$) solution to the Seiberg-Witten equation on $\mathbb{R}^4$
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{D}_A \psi = 0\\
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Ricci curvature under rough convergence
From the work of Lott--Villani and Sturm, I know that the following fact holds:
(*) Suppose that $(M_k,g_k,dvol_{g_k})$ is a sequence of compact Riemannian manifolds of non-negative Ricci curvature ...
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Riemann normal coordiantes and change of metric
Le $(M,g)$ be Riemannian manifold. Fix point $p\in M$. We can define the map
$$\exp: U \subset T_p M \rightarrow M$$
$$\exp(X) = \gamma_{p,X}(1)$$
where $t\mapsto \gamma_{p,X}(t)$ is geodesic such ...
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Two questions on isometric embedding
According to the answer of the following question, I try a new version:
An special isometric embedding
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and $\gamma$ be a small part of a geodesic.
Is there an ...
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An special isometric embedding
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and $\gamma$ be a non closed geodesic.
Is there an isometric embedding of $M$ into some $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ which send $\gamma$ into an straight line?
The second ...
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The trace of a wedge product of matrices
I'm trying understand a computation on page 371 of Besse's book on Einstein Manifolds.
I already know the curvature operator $R:\bigwedge^2\to\bigwedge^2$ may be written in block diagonal form ...
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Pullback of $L^p$ functions via exponential map
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold, endowed with its exponential map $\exp: TM \longrightarrow M$. For any $C^k$- function $u$, we get the Pullback
$$ \exp^* u = u \circ \exp$$
which is in $C^k(...
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tangent developable surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$
Let $C$ be a regular curve embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ (i.e. a real 1-dimensional manifold embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$). Let $S$ be the union of its affine tangent lines:
$$S=\bigcup\limits_{p\in C}(p+...
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Are smooth functions dense in the space $\{u \in H^1(Q) \text{ with } \Delta_\Gamma u \in L^2(Q)\}$?
Define $$Q = \bigcup_{t \in (0,T)}\Gamma \times \{t\}$$ where $\Gamma$ is a compact (without boundary) hypersurface. Assume whatever smoothness is required.
Define $L^2(Q) := L^2(0,T;L^2(\Gamma))$ ...
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Killing constant in Killing spinor equation
This is a simple question, but I can't find explicit discussion in literatures that I can find. Real/imaginary Killing spinor equation
\begin{equation}
\nabla_\mu \psi = \lambda \gamma_\mu \psi
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Hamilton's Proof of the Tensor Maximum Principle
My questions come from Richard Hamilton's Three-Manifolds with Positive Ricci Curvature paper. I'm trying to work through parts of the paper so I can better understand the Ricci Flow for my research. ...
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Second derivative of Riemannian Exponential Map
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. Let us look at the Riemannian exponential function $\exp_x: T_x M \supset \mathcal{D} \longrightarrow M$.
The derivative of the exponential map can be expressed in ...
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Brakke's theorem for gap in entropy between self-shrinkers
In their paper The round sphere minimizes entropy among closed self shrinkers, Colding-Ilmanen-Minicozzi-White state "It follows from Brakke's theorem that $\mathbb{R}^n$ has the least entropy of any ...
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A Converse to the Gauss Bonnet Theorem
Let $S$ be a compact surface in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with the gauss normal map $N:S\to \mathbb{S}^{2}$. Assme that $\phi;\mathbb{S}^{2}\to S$ is a diffeomorphism. Put $F=N\circ \phi$ and represent $F:\...
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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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Normal vector field associated to deformations of Riemannian submanifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$ and $X$ be a immersed submanifold in $M$ of dimension $k$ i.e there is a immersion $F_{0}:X \longrightarrow M$.
A deformation of the submanifold $...
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Riemannian Geometry
I come from a background of having done undergraduate and graduate courses in General Relativity and elementary course in riemannian geometry.
Jurgen Jost's book does give somewhat of an argument ...
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How to show the identity $\int_0^T \int_{\Gamma(t)}f(s,t)\;dsdt = \int_S f(\sigma)(1+(\mathbf w \cdot \mathbf n)^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}}\;d\sigma$?
I am reading this paper.
Let $\Gamma(t)$ be a smooth closed connected oriented hypersurface for each $t \in [0,T]$. Define the set $$S = \bigcup_{t \in (0,T)}\Gamma(t) \times \{t\}.$$
On page 5 of ...
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Monograph or rich survey on infinite-dimensional Riemann manifolds
I'm working with the space of smooth curves $\mathcal{C}$ in a smooth manifold $M$, having (different, pre-determined) fixed endpoints. I'd like to endow it with a Riemann structure (I already have a ...
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What is the analog of the "Fundamental Theorem of Space Curves," for surfaces, and beyond?
The "Fundamental Theorem of Space Curves"
(Wikipedia link; MathWorld link)
states that there is a unique (up to congruence)
curve in space that simultaneously realizes
given continuous curvature $\...
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Reference request for an early theorem of Gromov
In his talk Misha Gromov- How does he do it, Jeff Cheeger mentions a theorem of Gromov proved sometime in the early 70's. Theorem: Every manifold admitting a sequence of metrics such that the diameter ...
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Intersections of complex submanifolds in $\mathbb{C}^N$
This is an exercise from Gromov's Partial differential relations. (page 5)
Let $V$ and $V'$ be two closed complex submanifolds in $\mathbb{C}^N$ of complimentory dimension. Prove that $V$ and $V'$ ...
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What is the geometric interpretation of this quantity?
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold. Using the metric to identify the tangent and cotangent bundles defines a natural symplectic
structure on the tangent bundle, $(TM, \...
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Deduce global estimate from scaling-invariant local estimate
Let $(M,g)$ be a non-compact Riemannian manifold, with finite volume (or compactly exhausted, or any nice condition you would like, except for compactness). Suppose I have a tensor $T$ on $M$ of which ...
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Is the set of focal points of a submanifold on a normal geodesic discrete?
Let $M$ be a complete riemannian manifold, $L$ a smooth submanifold of $M$ and $\gamma$ a geodesic with $\gamma'(0)$ normal to $L$. A focal point of $L$ is a critical value of the normal exponential $\...
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In the case of the Ricci flow, the symmetries of the flow are scalings and diffeomorphisms
Can anyone help me and prove that in the case of the Ricci flow, the symmetries of the flow are scalings and diffeomorphisms?
Thanks for your time.
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Positively curved manifold with almost extreme diameter
Suppose $M$ is a 1-connected closed manifold with sectional curvature $\ge 1$. So the diameter $D$ of $M$ satisfies
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When equality holds $M$ is isometric to round sphere. In fact this ...
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lift of antiholomorphic involution of Riemann surface to its Jacobian's cohomology
Start from a connected closed Riemann surface $\Sigma_g,$
obtained as the (symmetric) covering of an open and/or unoriented surface
$\Sigma,$ namely $\Sigma=\Sigma_g/\Omega,$ where $\Omega$ is an ...
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Is the tangent bundle of hyperbolic space trivial?
Let $H$ be hyperbolic n-space. Let $TH$ be the tangent bundle of $H$, endowed with its Sasaki metric. I have two questions:
Is $TH$ isometric to $H$ times a flat n-space?
What is the group of ...
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Reverse Ricci Flow and Longtime Existence
The usual Ricci flow and normalized Ricci flow for surfaces are
$$ \partial_t g = -2Kg $$
and
$$ \partial_t g = -2Kg + 2sg,$$
where $K$ is the Gaussian curvature and $s$ is its average.
The latter ...
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How does curvature change under perturbations of a Riemannian metric?
Let $M$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb R^2$ with smooth boundary, and let $g$ be a Riemannian metric on $M$. If $g'$ is another Riemannian metric which is "close" to $g$, then they should have ...
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Time has dimension $2$ with respect to the Ricci flow scaling
Terence Tao in his lecture notes on Ricci flow has written:
If we are to find a scale-invariant (and diffeomorphism-invariant) monotone quantity for Ricci flow, it had better be constant on the ...
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On the Geroch's argument
During the study of Geroch's argument to prove positive mass theorem, I faced a problem explained below:
Suppose $(M,g_{\mu \nu})$ is a four dimensional Lorentzian Manifold and $\Sigma$ is a ...
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Spectrum of Laplacian in non-compact manifolds
What can be said about the spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a non-compact, complete Riemannian manifold of finite volume? For example, is the point spectrum non-empty?
What would be a ...
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On the definition of convergence of a sequence of sections of a bundle
Convergence of a sequence of sections of a bundle is defined as follows:
Definition: Let $E$ be a vector bundle over a manifold $M$, and let metrics $g$ and connections $∇$ be given on $E$ and on $TM$...
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Derivative of (the length of) the Ricci tensor
I was wondering, have you ever seen a formula in the Riemannian (more specially Kahlerian but not essential) setting for the derivative $X \cdot |Ric|^2 = 2 g(\nabla_X Ric, Ric)$ for a vector field $X$...
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the left hand side of the Ricci flow equation at the initial value
I just started to learn about the Ricci flow and try to understand the Ricci flow evolution equation. It states that a one-parameter family $g_t$, $t\in[0,T)$ of Riemannian metrics on a smooth closed ...
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Ricci flow as a gradient flow and its Lyapunov function
In study of Ricci flow, for making Ricci flow as a gradient flow I faced $\mathcal{F}(g,f)=\int (R+|\nabla f|^2)e^{-f}$. I know that if we suppose $\frac{df}{dt}=-R$, then $\frac{d}{dt}\mathcal{F}(g,f)...
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Buseman function on manifolds with $Ric \ge - \left( {n - 1} \right)$
It's well known that if M is a Riemannian manifold with $Ric \ge 0$ and contains a line $\gamma $. Set ${\gamma _ + } = \gamma \left| {_{[0, + \infty )}} \right.$, ${\gamma _ - } = \gamma \left| {_{[ -...
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Bi invariant Riemannian metric on a Lie Group
I'm trying to find an example of a Lie group $G$ which admits a bi-invariant Riemannian metric, and which has a closed subgroup $H$ such that the manifold $G/H$ does not admit a $G$-invariant ...
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Are ramified covering of negatively curved manifolds negatively curved?
Gromov and Thurston proved in "Pinching constants for hyperbolic manifolds" that any finite ramified covering of a compact hyperbolic manifold, along a codimension $2$ totally geodesic submanifold, ...
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Existence of harmonic maps between loops
Given a Riemannian manifold $M$ and two smooth loops $\gamma_0, \gamma_1: S^1 \longrightarrow M$ in it, I am looking for maps $\phi: [0, T] \times S^1 \longrightarrow M$ which minimize the energy
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Prescribing finitely many unparameterised planar geodesics
Given a finite collection of embedded $C^\infty$ curves which pass through the origin in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with different tangent directions and never again intersect, is there a clean way of prescribing ...
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Can an open manifold with positive Ricci curvature be non simply connected at infinity?
The question is in the title, I haven't been able to locate a discussion of these kind of properties.
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