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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Spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $L^p$: where is it?
On a noncompact Riemannian manifold $M$, the $L^2$-spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta$ sits inside $\mathbb{R}$ (by self-adjointness), either to the left or to the right of $0$ ...
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Are there quanitative versions of Thurston's geometrization for manifolds which fiber over $S^1$?
The geometrization theorem tells us:
Theorem (Thurston) The mapping torus $M_\phi$ of a pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphism $\phi: S_g \rightarrow S_g$ from a genus $g$ surface to itself admits a complete ...
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Curve on a surface defined by its geodesic curvature
Suppose that $S$ is a smooth complete surface, and $c\colon [0,L]\to S$ is a smooth curve in $S$, parametrized by arc-length. Then $c$ is uniquely determined by its initial tangent vector and its ...
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What is "Berger's isembolic inequality"?
Googled the name, but almost all result pointed to Berger's preprint.
Is there any reference for this?
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How to understand two examples of spin bundle
I am confused by two examples of spinor bundles over 4-manifolds, which I saw in various places:
(1) The spinor bundle $S = S_+ \oplus S_-$ associated to a spin or spinc structure of Riemannian four-...
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discrete subgroups of the isometries of a product
Suppose $X_1$ and $X_2$ are two nice metric spaces, e.g. two Riemannian manifolds, and let $G_i=Isom(X_i)$. Then $G_1\times G_2\subset Isom(X_1\times X_2)$.
Suppose $X_1\times X_2$ is not compact and ...
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About Sectional Curvature [closed]
In a paper by Yann Ollivier:
Let $x$ be a point in $X$, $v$ a small tangent vector at $x$, $y$ the endpoint
of $v$, $w_x$ a small tangent vector at $x$, and $w_y$ the parallel transport of $w_x$ from ...
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Interpetation of torsion and curvature in terms of families of nearby geodesics
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold with affine connection such that the metric is covariantly constant (so that the connection equals the Levi-Civita connection up to torsion).
I know the ...
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Van Vleck-Morette Determinant
There seems to be something curious about the so-called Van-Vleck-Morette determinant, as I cannot find any source that properly defines it in terms of expressions previously defined in that source ...
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Existence of Geodesics in continuous metrics
I learned that if we are given a $C^0$ Riemannian metric on a smooth manifold $M$, geodesics (i.e. length minimizing curves) are absolutely continuous, and if the metrics is $C^{0,\alpha}$, then the ...
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Reference request for parallel transport
I am learning about parallel transport on a Riemannian manifold equipped with an affine connexion. It seems (if I understand it well) that, in general, we might not be able to compute the parallel ...
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Constant scalar curvature metrics in a conformal class
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold, then by the resolved Yamabe-problem, there exists a metric $\tilde{g}$ of constant scalar curvature in the conformal class $[g]$ of $g$. By normalizing ...
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Does positively curved sphere admit an isometric embedding as hypersurface in Euclidean space?
Let $(S^n, g)$ be an $n$-dimensional positively curved sphere. Assume the smoothness of the metric, does it admits an isometric embedding into $\mathbb R^{n+1}$?
for $n=2$ it is proved by A.D ...
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Is the exponential map of a $C^{1,1}$ Riemannian metric a local homeomorphism?
Suppose that $g$ is a $C^{1,1}$ (i.e., continuously differentiable with locally Lipschitz first derivative) Riemannian metric on a smooth manifold $M$. It seems to be known that locally the ...
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embedding torus [closed]
could anyone please help me?
why is it impossible to embed a torus in R^3 with index 1 ( usual euclidean space with index 1 as a semi-riemannian manifold) as a semi-riemannian submanifold?
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Geometric meaning of a certain form in almost-Kähler geometry
I have difficulties finding an appropriate reference for the following question:
Let $(M^{2n},g,J,\omega)$ be a compact almost Kähler manifold. Let $\operatorname{ric}$ the usual Ricci tensor of $(M^{...
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A simple ODE on smooth manifolds
For a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, the geodesic flow is $\phi_t:TM\to TM, (x,v)\mapsto (\gamma(t;x,v),\dot{\gamma}(t;x,v))$, where $\gamma(\cdot;x,v)$ is the geodesic started at $x$ with direction $v$...
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Almost constant bump function
I ran into the following situation and it turned out to be more subtle than it looked.
I have a complete Riemannian manifold $M$ and my objective is to construct a sequence of functions $f:M \to [0,1]...
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Length spectrum for Riemannian metrics in the projective plane
Are there (known) examples of non-isometric Riemannian metrics on the projective plane that have the same length spectrum?
This question is related to MO questions Length spectrum and Zoll surfaces ...
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Proof of the general expression for anomaly in a CFT and its partition function
I think the statement is that for any dimensional CFT the following is true,
$$\langle T^{\mu}_\mu \rangle = \sum B_n I_n - 2(-1)^{d/2}AE_d,$$
where $E_d$ is the `"Euler density" and $I_n$ are the ...
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Regularity of metric of the double of a Riemannian manifold
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold with totally geodesic boundary $\partial M$. We let $\check{M}$ be its double, i.e. the disjoint union of $M$ with itself under identification of corresponding ...
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random walk and Brownian motion on Riemannian manifold
As we know, the random walk on $\mathbb{Z}/n$ will converge(in some sense) to the Brownian motion on $\mathbb{R}$ when $n\to\infty$. I would like to know is there some higher dimensional analogy ...
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Isometric embedding as a graph
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Let $M$ be a (finite dimensional) smooth manifold and $g,\bar{g}$ be Riemannian metrics on $M$.
Under what conditions can we guarantee that there exists another finite dimensional Riemannian ...
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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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Non simply connected HyperKähler 4-manifolds without ALE metrics
In a 1989 paper Peter Kronheimer showed that each simply connected HyperKähler 4-manifold possesses an ALE metric. What do we know about the non-simply connected cases?
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Area of distance sphere in manifold with Ricci $\ge 0$.
Let $M$ be a open complete manifold with Ricci curvature $\ge 0$.
By a theorem of Calabi and Yau, the volume growth of $M$ is at least of linear.
I am wondering whether the following statement is true:...
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Can one use the continuity method to show that the two dimensional hyperbolic space can be immersed in five dimensional Euclidean space?
First of all, I must clarify at the outset that I am simply asking if there is an alternative way to solve an already known problem. It is known that the answer to my question is yes. The problem is ...
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Geometric means of matrices beyond the positive definite cone
Recently a lot of work has been done on geometric means of positive definite matrices (see here and here for example). Has anyone extended this concept to larger sets of matrices (copositive, for ...
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Eigenvalues of Laplacian
What's the most natural way to establish the asymptotics of $\Delta$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $N$? The asymptotics should be
$$ \#\{v < A^2\} = \mathrm{const}\ast\mathrm{...
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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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The measure on the harmonic spectrum from Selberg trace formula
One can see the following two equations,
Theorem 6.1 (Selberg Trace formula) on page 26 of these notes.
Equation 3.19 and 3.20 on page 11 of this paper.
I vaguely feel that these two are the same ...
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non compact riemannian manifolds
According to Gromoll and Meyer:
Let M be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold of positive sectional curvature. Then M is diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Thus, I think to classify non-compact ...
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volume of compact simple Lie groups under the natural Euclidean embedding
I am looking for a quick reference for the volume formula for all the compact simple Lie groups embedded as matrix groups in the natural way. The one I care most for are the real orthogonal groups. I ...
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Non-Symmetric Equivariant Riemannian Metrics on Homogeneous Spaces
For a homogeneous space $M = G/H$, the number of $H$-equivariant Riemannian metrics on $M$ is usually much smaller than the space of Riemannian metrics. I am wondering what happens when the symmetric ...
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Fattening of totally convex sets
Suppose $(M, g)$ is an open complete nonnegatively curved Riemannian manifold with $d$ its distance.
A totally convex set $C\subset M$ has the property that for any two point $x, y \in C$ any ...
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Dimensional curvature identities
In a series of papers (1, 2, 3) P. Gilkey et al. discuss certain identities satisfied by the curvature tensor of a (pseudo)-Riemannian metric.
Contrary to the Bianchi or Ricci identities, these ones ...
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On the canonical neighborhoods
Suppose $M$ is a 3-dimensional manifold, John W. Morgan and Frederick Tsz-Ho Fong in their "Ricci Flow
and Geometrization
of 3-Manifolds" book as a definition of canonical neighborhoods have ...
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A geometric interpretation of the Levi-Civita connection?
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold. There exists a unique torsion-free connection in the (co)tangent bundle of $M$ such that the metric of $M$ is covariantly constant. This connection is called the Levi-...
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Easy proof of topological property of Zoll manifolds
It is known that the cohomology ring of a Zoll manifold---a riemannian manifold all of whose geodesics are periodic with the same minimal period---must be the same as the cohomology ring of a compact ...
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Minimum requirements for a Kähler manifold to be hyperkähler
In 'panoramic view of Riemmannian geometry' when introducing hyperkähler manifolds, Berger states, informally, that a hyperkähler manifold is a Riemmannian manifold which is Kähler for more than one ...
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What happens to small squares in Riemann mapping?
I have a square S, and I want to convert it to the unit disc D.
The Riemann mapping theorem says that I can do this with a conformal bijective map. But, any such mapping will cause some distortion.
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Integral estimate on a two dimensional Riemannian manifold
For my Master's thesis, I'd like to prove the following (but I'm not sure it's true):
On a two-dimensional Riemannian manifold (oriented and closed), for any smooth function $f$, it holds that
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Averaging lengths and distances
A natural way in which Finsler metrics appear in Riemannian geometry is as averages of Riemannian metrics (e.g., the average of the arc-length elements
$\sqrt{dx^2 + dy^2}$ and $\sqrt{2dx^2 + 3dy^2}$ ...
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How metric is Riemannian geometry
Let $(M, g)$ be a finite-dimensional Riemannian manifold. It is well-known, that the Riemannian metric induce a metric on the manifold by
$$d(x, y) = \text{inf} \int_a^b \| \dot\gamma(t) \| \, dt\,,$$...
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Riemannian and symplectic structures
Let $(\mathcal M,g)$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ be the standard (positive) Laplace operator given in coordinates by the usual
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\Delta=-\vert g\vert^{-1/2}\partial_j(\vert g\vert^{1/...
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Ito Diffusions with low regularity?
I would like to have an Itô Diffusion
$$ X_t = \int_0^t b(s) \mathrm{d}s + \int_0^t \sigma(s) \mathrm{d}B_s.$$
where the (vector- and matrix-valued, respectively) functions $b$ and $\sigma$ have lower ...
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choices of connection in prequantization
In the definition of pre-quantization of representation $f\to \hat{f}$, (here $\hat{f}$ is Hermitian operator)of $C^{\infty}(M)$ on $L^2(M,L,\mu)$ where $\mu$ is Hermitian form, suppose that there ...
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Proof of a theorem of Jean-Pierre Serre on geodesics of closed Riemannian manifolds
An oft-cited theorem of Serre states that there are infinitely many geodesics between any two points in a closed Riemannian manifold. Could someone please provide an intuitive sketch of the proof?
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pre-symplectic and foliation and its trajectories
Let $(M,\omega)$, be pre-symplectic, then can we say, we have a foliation of $M$, with tangent spaces $ker\omega$.What can we say about its trajectories. ?
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complete metric space
Hallo, I have the following question:
Let $(X,d)$ be a complete metric space. Is then $(X,\operatorname{dist})$ also complete? Here by $\operatorname{dist}$ I mean the metric induced by $d$ by: $\...
