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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Size of conformal factor under uniformisation
Consider closed orientable surfaces whose metrics are hyperbolic (i.e., $K=-1$) except in a region which is a hemisphere of a unit sphere attached to the hyperbolic region along a closed geodesic (of ...
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Is the vector field associated with an element of the boundary at infinity on a Hadamard manifold smooth?
A Hadamard manifold $M$ (complete, simply connected, non-positive sectional curvature) has a so-called boundary at infinity $\partial M$ whose elements are equivalence classes of unit-speed geodesic ...
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Defining area / n-volume of a finite metric space
Let $(X, d)$ be a finite metric space. I've seen several answers to the question when can $X$ be isometrically embedded into Euclidean space (or, more generally, Riemannian manifold). I'm interested ...
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Analogous results in geometric group theory and Riemannian geometry?
As you can see from my other question I concern mmyself with the following article at the moment:
Koji Fujiwara, Zlil Sela, The rates of growth in a hyperbolic group, Invent. math. 233 (2023) pp 1427–...
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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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Why is this subset associated to a $2$-tensor dense?
Let $S$ be a symmetric $(0, 2)$ tensor on a Riemannian manifold $M$. Define $E_S : M \to \mathbb{Z}$ by $E_S(x) = \left(\text{the number of distinct eigenvalues of } S_x\right)$. I've seen the ...
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Let $M$ be a manifold with a conformal structure and a volume measure. How can one reconstruct a metric on $M$ from this data in a geometric way?
Let $(M,g)$ be a (semi-)Riemannian manifold, and let $(M,[g])$ be the conformal class thereof. The following two sets are naturally torsors for the collection of positive-valued functions on $M$:
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Geometric interpretation for a connection whose corresponding distribution generates the whole Lie algebras of vector fields
Let we have a connection on a manifold $M$ so it is considered as a distribution on the tangent bundle $TM$ of $M$. The integrability of this distrbution is equivalent to flatness of the connection.
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Questions on the differential of the Lie logarithm
Let $G$ be a Lie group. Recall the Lie logarithm is well-defined about a neighborhood $U \subset G$ of the identity: $\log:U\to \mathfrak{g}$. I am dealing with a research problem that concerns the ...
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Infimum of the normalized Laplacian eigenvalues
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. The spectrum of the Laplacian operator $\Delta_g = -\operatorname{div} \nabla$ consists of an increasing and diverging sequence of positive eigenvalues:
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Extension of a local isometry to the tangent bundle with Sasaki metric and completeness
Let $f\colon (M, g)\to (N,h)$ be a local isometry between two $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds without boundary. Consider the Sasaki metrics $g_S$ and $h_S$ on the tangent bundles $TM$ and $TN$, ...
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A higher-dimensional "line of curvature"?
Let $M$ be a submanifold of a Riemannian manifold $Q$, and let $\Gamma$ be a $d$-dimensional submanifold of $M$, i.e., $\Gamma^{d} \subset M \subset Q$.
Suppose that, for all (unit) normal vectors of $...
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Torsion of submanifolds
Studying curves in the Euclidean three dimensional space, one usually defines the curvature and the torsion of a curve. If I am not missunderstanding the thing, I guess that a curve has zero torision ...
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Curvature tensor of interpolation of two metrics
Let $\hat{g}$ and $\bar{g}$ be two smooth Riemannian metrics defined, say, on $\mathbb{R}^n.$ Consider a smooth function $\xi$ that acts as an interpolation function between the two metrics above on ...
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Geometric properties of the unique solution of an elliptic BVP involving the Lie derivative of the metric by a vector field
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Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, and let $\nabla$ be its associated Levi-Civita connection. Consider the following formally self-adjoint, second order linear ...
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Parametrization of $k$-ruled submanifold: can we choose the base to be orthogonal to the rulings?
A smooth $m$-dimensional submanifold of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ is said to be $k$-ruled if it is foliated by $k$-dimensional planes, called rulings.
Let $M$ be a $k$-ruled submanifold. Then $M$ can be ...
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An integral of the Hodge-Neumann Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold
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Let $M$ be a compact, oriented Riemannian manifold with boundary, with $\text{vol}$ the Riemannian volume form. Let $\nu$ be the outwards unit normal vector field on $\partial M$ and $\nu^\...
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$C^1$ regularity of harmonic functions on Riemannian manifolds
Consider a smooth, connected and complete Riemannian manifold $M$. It is well known that harmonic functions defined on some open subset of $M$ are $C^\infty$.
I'm interested in knowing whether there ...
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Decomposition of forms on a Spin$(7)$ manifold
Let's take a $G_2$ manifold $(M,\Phi)$, then we get a Spin$(7)$ manifold by taking $(M\times\mathbb{R},\Psi:=\Phi\wedge dt+*_M\Phi),$ where $t$ is the coordinate in the $\mathbb{R}$-direction. $\Phi\...
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Extending Gromov's inequality
In 1981 Gromov proved that all Riemannian metrics on the complex projective space $\mathbb CP^n$ satisfy the bound
$$\DeclareMathOperator{stsys}{stsys} \DeclareMathOperator{vol}{vol}
\frac{\stsys_2^n}{...
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Compute distance between geodesics and perturbed geodesics on a Riemannian manifold via Jacobi field $\vert J \vert$
I would like to pose a question regarding the distance between a geodesic $\gamma(t)$ and a perturbed geodesic $\gamma_{\epsilon}(t)$ on a Riemannian manifold. Specifically, is the distance controlled ...
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Riemann Hurwitz vs Gauss Bonnet
The Gauss-Bonnet theorem implies the Riemann Hurwitz theorem
http://sma.epfl.ch/~troyanov/Papers/Prescribing.pdf
Prop 1 => Cor 2
In what sense is the Gauss- Bonnet theorem stronger?
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Do geodesics avoid regions where the curvature diverges?
Let $(M^2,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold, with manifold boundary $\partial M$. We assume that the metric degenerates at the boundary, in the sense that the (Gauss) curvature diverges like $K \to +\infty$...
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Obstruction for a manifold to admit a periodic Ricci flow
Let M be a (compact) smooth manifold. What kind of obstruction exist for M to admit a metric whose Ricci flow is a t-periodic flow?
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Relationship between the Fisher distance and Kulback Leibler divergence
I am reading the 2017 book "Information geometry" by Ay, Jost, Lê, Schwachhöfer. The Fisher distance is given by
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d^F(\mu, \nu) := \inf_{\gamma} L(\gamma)
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for curves $\gamma:[0,1]\to P$ ...
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Reference: parallel transport in the hyperboloid model
I'm reading the documentation of this package: Manopt, and they claim that in the hyperboloid model for $\mathbb{H}^d$ the parallel transport between tangent spaces $T_x$ and $T_y$ is given for any $u\...
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Tangent cones at infinity and the regularity of minimal submanifolds
In the famous paper by D. Fischer-Colbrie "Some rigidity theorems for minimal submanifolds of the sphere", the very first sentence reads: It is well known that the regularity of minimal ...
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Conformal maps between two given domains
Consider two domains
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D_1&=\{x=(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)\in\mathbb{R}^n:x_n\leq 0\},\\
D_2&=\{x=(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)\in\mathbb{R}^n:x_n\leq \psi(x_1,x_2,...,x_{n-1})\},
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Geodesic distance on $\mathrm{SO}(n)$
$\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}$Recently I came across this old MSE post or this paper (w.o. proof) discussing the geodesic distance on $\SO(n)$ when it is equipped with the left-invariant Riemannian ...
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An attempt to define expected value of a Riemannian manifold valued random variable - what'll go wrong?
Let $X:\Omega\to (M,g)$ be a random variable taking values in a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ with the Riemannian volume form denoted by $dvol_g(x).$ We know that there's no standard way to generalize ...
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$ \varepsilon $-regularity, harmonic maps vs harmonic heat flow
Let $ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n $ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary and $ (N,h)\subset\mathbb{R}^L $ is a smooth compact Riemannian manifold. Consider the local minimizer $ u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega,...
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$N$th-order approximation of point stabilizing diffeomorphisms by $N$th-order jet group?
NOTE: migrated from math SE.
I was wondering if ever higher jet groups of frames on a (possibly pseudo) Riemannian manifold $M$ approximate the point stabilizing subgroup of diffeomorphisms on $M$ as ...
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Ricci-flat metrics on complex tori of dimension $n \geq 3$
Let $\mathbb{T}^n = \mathbb{C}^n /\Lambda$ be a complex torus of (complex) dimension $n$. If $n=2$, it is a theorem of Berger that the Ricci-flat metrics on $\mathbb{T}^2$ are flat. This follows from ...
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Integrability (and hence regularity) of $\alpha$-harmonic maps
To prove the smoothness of an $\alpha$-harmonic map, Sachs and Uhlenbeck firstly show (in their paper "The existence of minimal immersions of 2-spheres") that it is in the Sobolev space $L^...
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Relation between two gradient dynamics
If $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_+$ is a nonnegative real analytic function and $g:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a strongly convex smooth function with a surjective gradient $\nabla g:\...
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Local smoothness of harmonic heat flow
Assume that $ (M,g) $ is a smooth closed manifold and $ \mathbb{S}^{L-1} $ is a unit sphere with dimension $ L-1 $ in $ \mathbb{R}^{L} $. Consider the equation of harmonic heat flow
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\partial_tu-\...
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Bi-$M$-invariant measure on a Riemannian symmetric space
Let $G$ be a noncompact connected semi simple Lie group. Let $K$ be a maximal compact subgroup and $G=K\overline{A_{+}}K$ be a Cartan decomposition of $G.$ Let $M=Z_{K}(\mathfrak{a})$. Then how to ...
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Geodesics on orthogonal matrix
Let $ O(n) $ be the manifold of orthornormal matrix, i.e.
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O(n)=\{A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}:A^TA=I\}.
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Then $ O(n) $ is a submanifold of $ \mathbb{R}^{n\times n} $. On $ O(n) $, there is a ...
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Can a laplacian-beltrami operator have negative eigenvalues?
Is it possible for an Laplace-Beltrami operator for Riemannian manifold to have negative eigenvalues?
If not, are there any non-riemannian manifolds where one may observe negative eigenvalues for heat ...
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Homotopy type / Homology of the free loop space of aspherical manifolds
Let $X$ be a (connected, smooth) closed aspherical manifold. Let $LX:=Map(S^1,X)$ be the free loop space of $X$. Pick $x_0\in X$ and let $\Omega_{x_0}(X)$ be the based loop space of $X$ (based at $x_0$...
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Local isometric embedding right inverse to a Riemannian submersion
Let $M$ and $N$ be Riemannian manifolds such that $\pi:M\to N$ is a surjective Riemannian submersion, i.e. for each $x\in M$,
$$\langle \pi_{*x}(v),\pi_{*x}(w) \rangle_{\pi(x)} = \langle p(v), p(w) \...
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Cycloid on manifolds
Inspired by differential equation
$$y(1+y'^2)=c$$
which generates the cycloid we consider the following differential equation on a Riemannian manifold:
$$f(1+|\nabla f|^2)=c$$
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Why are conformal transformations so relevant?
I have been studying construction of initial data in general relativity for many years now and it turns out that the most efficient methods to construct such data rely at some point on conformally ...
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Cheeger constant and isoperimetric ratio
$(S^2,g)$ is 2-dimensional sphere with Riemannian metric. Consider any curves $\gamma$ on $S^2$ dividing the total area $A$ into two parts $A_1+A_2 =A$. The isoperimetric ratio is
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C_s(\gamma)=\frac{...
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About Palais' remark that an isometry of Riemannian manifolds does not induce an isometry of the Hilbert manifolds of curves
In the paper ``Morse theory on Hilbert manifolds'' (1963), on page
326, Richard Palais makes a remark that if $\phi\colon V \to W$ is an
isometry (of submanifolds of $\mathbb{R}^n$), then this does ...
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Any shortcuts to understanding the properties of the Riemannian manifolds which are used in the books on algebraic topology
I'm now attending a reading seminar on the algebraic topology.
The seminar treats the book of Bott & Tu (Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology) and Milnor (Characteristic Classes).
In those ...
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Desingularization of the zero section of $TM$ as the manifold of singularities of the geodesic flow
However the method of "Blowing up of singularities" is initially introduced for an isolated singularity, but this method have been generalized to blowing up of a "Manifold of singularities"...
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Active areas of Research in Riemannian Geometry? [closed]
I've taken a course in Riemannian Geometry and would like to know which topics in Riemannian Geometry are nowadys topic of research
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Ricci curvature of totally geodesic submanifold
Let $M$ be a Ricci-flat Riemannian manifold and $N \subset M$ a totally geodesic submanifold. Is $N$ also Ricci-flat?
A partial result in that direction is that the Ricci curvature of $N$ is given by
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Weak derivatives and Sobolev spaces on Riemannian manifolds
I am decently experienced on Sobolev spaces on Euclidean spaces, but I just know basic ideas on Riemannian manifolds and want to understand something on Sobolev spaces on them.
Let $(M,g)$ be smooth ...
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