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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Reference request: $\operatorname{Sym}^2_0(T^*M) \simeq \Lambda_- \otimes \Lambda_+$
I am looking for proof of the "well-known" result that for a $4$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$, we have an isomorphism
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\operatorname{Sym}^2_0(T^*M) \simeq \Lambda_- \otimes \...
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Question on gamma matrices
Let $(M,g)$ be a pseudo-Riemannian spin manifold and let us denote by $S$ the spinor bundle, i.e. the associated vector bundle with respect to the spin representation. Usually, the "gamma ...
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Existence of Kähler Metric of Bounded Geometry on the Hermitian Vector Bundle on Projective Spaces
A Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ is said to be of bounded geometry if the Riemannian curvature tensor and its derivatives are bounded, and it has positive injectivity radius.
I am working with the ...
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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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A question in spin geometry in dimension 8
$\DeclareMathOperator\trace{trace}\DeclareMathOperator\End{End}\DeclareMathOperator\Trace{Trace}$This is to understand a very specific isomorphism in dimension $8$. In dimension $4$ for a spin$^c$ ...
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What do we know about Poisson boundaries of arbitrary Riemannian manifolds?
For closed manifolds, we know that the Poisson boundary is trivial due to compactness and for radially symmetric manifolds for which diffusion is one dimensional, there are A Brief Introduction to ...
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Is it possible to average a riemannian metric over an action and preserve curvature bounds?
Let $M$ be a finite dimensional smooth manifold endowed with a riemannian metric $g$ and a smooth action $\mu$ by a compact Lie group $G$. Averaging $g$ over $G$ defines a new metric
$$g'(X,Y)=\int_Gg(...
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Harmonic map in the homotopy class of the identity map
Eells and Sampson's existence Theorem states that if $(N, h)$ is nonpositively curved, then a given map $f : (M, h') \to (N, h)$ can be deformed into a harmonic map in its homotopy class. Here smooth ...
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Non-compact surfaces with non-negative Gauss curvature
Is there a topological classification of non-compact complete connected 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Gauss curvature?
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Connectedness of the space of negatively curved metrics of a compact 3-manifold
Is the space of metrics of negative sectional curvature over a closed 3-manifold connected? If so, in what paper is this result stated?
Note: as the Ricci flow hyperbolizes negatively curved metrics, ...
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Example of non homogenous manifold with a finitely generated algebra of natural functions
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold. Let $C^{\infty}_{Nat}(M,g)$ be the $\mathbb{R}$-algebra of scalar invariants of the curvature tensor and all its higher covariant derivatives. An example of a ...
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Question on Lorentzian geometry
I apologize in advance if this is a too basic question.
Let $(M,g)$ be a Lorentzian manifold with signature convention $(-,+,\dots,+)$. Now, lets suppose $X\in\Gamma(TM)$ defines a global time-...
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Geodesic flows and Killing fields
How well-known is the following result:
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold and define $D:C^\infty(M,Sym^mT^*M)\to C^\infty(M,Sym^{m+1}T^*M)$, $D\alpha:=\mathbb S(\nabla\alpha)$ where $Sym^m$ ...
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Morse approximation with bounded number of critical points
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a compact Riemannian 3-manifold and let $f\in C^{\infty}(M)$ be a smooth function. Does there exist a constant $k>0$ (possibly depending on $M$ and $g$) such that $f$ can be $C^2$-...
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Calculi of pseudodifferential operators and K-theory
I am reading the thesis of Chris Kottke (https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/60193/681923895-MIT.pdf) and I would need some help to try to understand intuitively why he makes the choice of ...
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Regularity of the eigenfunctions associated to perturbed laplacian on a compact manifold
Let $M$ be a closed manifold, I consider first order laplacian perturbation associated to a density $\rho \in \mathcal{C}^\infty(M)$ with $\rho > 0$ of the form :
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\Delta_{\rho} f = \Delta f + \...
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Sobolev and Poincaré inequalities on compact Riemannian manifolds
Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold without boundary and $B(r)$ a geodesic ball of radius $r$. Then for $u\in W^{1,p}(B(r))$, the Poincare and Sobolev–Poincaré inequalities are ...
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Geodesic balls in warped product spaces
Let $g_S$ be a Riemannian metric on the $n$-dimensional sphere $S^{n}$ and consider the space $M=(0,a)\times S^{n}$ with the warped metric
$g=dt^2+f(t)^2g_S$, where $f\colon [0,a)\to \mathbb{R}$ is a ...
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Jacobian of exponential map
I am playing around with the coarea formula and came across the problem of finding the Jacobian of the exponential map.
Let $G$ be a compact, semisimple Lie group with associated Lie algebra $\...
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Comparison of special metrics on Riemann surfaces with the hyperbolic one
Let $X$ be a complex algebraic curve, or equivalently a compact Riemann surface, of genus $a\ge2$. Denote $\omega_1, \dots , \omega_a$ a basis of holomorphic differentials, and consider the Riemaniann ...
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Geodesics equation on Lie groups with left invariant metrics
First of all, I am so sorry if this question is not appropriate to be here. I tried to ask something similar on Math Stack Exchange but it didn't have much attention. Any comment and I delete the ...
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Perturbing metrics with nonpositive curvature
Let $M$ be a compact $3$-dimensional manifold diffeomorphic to a ball. Suppose that $M$ has nonpositive (sectional) curvature and its boundary $\partial M$ is convex, or even that $M$ is a Riemannian ...
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Asymptotic parametrization for negatively curved surfaces
Let $S$ be a complete simply connected negatively curved surface immersed in Euclidean space $\textbf{R}^3$. Does there exist a parametrization $f\colon\textbf{R}^2\to\textbf{R}^3$ for $S$ such that ...
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Tilings of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and Riemannian manifold that is uniformly locally isometric to a ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Suppose that we have a Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$ that is uniformly locally isometric to a ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$, that is, there exists $r > 0$ such that for every $x \in M$ ball $B(x,r)$ in $M$ ...
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Cut locus of linear isometric action quotients
Given a compact group $G\leq \operatorname{O}(d)$ of linear isometries on $\mathbb R^d$, equip its quotient $\mathbb R^d/G$ with the canonical orbital metric.
I am curious about the following. Is ...
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When is the cut locus a finite tree?
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbf{R}^2$ be a bounded, simply connected domain, with a regular boundary, say of class $C^2$ at least. Let the cut locus $C$ of $\Omega$ be the set of points $x \in \Omega$ for ...
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$L^\infty$-bound on Laplace-eigenfunctions
Suppose we are on a closed Riemannian manifold $M$. Any function $f\in C^\infty(M)$ may be decomposed as $$f = \sum_{j = 0}^\infty f_j\phi_j,$$ where $\phi_j\in C^\infty(M)$ are the Laplace ...
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Laplace spectrum on $U(n)$
Consider $\psi:SU(n)\times U(1)\to U(n)$, $(w,z)\mapsto \bar{z}\cdot w$. One can show that $\psi$ serves as a projection and $SU(n)\times U(1)$ is a principal $\mathbb Z_n$-bundle over $U(n)$.
Suppose ...
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Existence solutions of the system of equations on Riemannian manifold
Is there a way to show that the following system of two equations has a solution? I don't want to find an explicit solution, but just verify its existence.
$$f''(r) + \beta \coth(r) f'(r) = \rho_0 e^{-...
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Riemannian metrics realizable as hypersurfaces both in Euclidean and spherical spaces
I am interested in smooth Riemannian metrics on $n$-sphere, $n\geq 3$, which can be imbedded isometrically both to $n+1$-dimensional Euclidean space and $n+1$-dimensional standard sphere of radius $r$....
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Any papers on the "priori estimate approach" for Yamabe problem
I wonder if there is any paper on the "priori estimate approach" for Yamabe problem.
The Yamabe problem is solving the following equation: On a $C^{\infty}$ compact Riemannian manifold $M_n$ ...
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Filling radius of Lens spaces
This is a question concerning Gromov's filling radius, i.e., the radius of a neighborhood of a Riemannian manifold (embedded in its Banach space of $L^\infty$-functions) at which the fundamental class ...
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Metrics of constant Gauss curvature on 2-cylinder
Let $C=S^1\times[0,1]$ be a compact cylinder. Given positive numbers $l,\lambda>0$. Is it possible to construct a smooth Riemannian metric on $C$ of constant Gauss curvature -1 such that one ...
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An application of min-max characterization of eigenvalues
Let $(M,g_0)$ be a $n$-dimensional closed Riemannian manifold with a Riemannian covering $(\widetilde{M},\widetilde{g}_0)$. Let
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\mathcal{V}_{ab}=\{g\colon a^2 g_0\leq g\leq b^2 g_0\}, \quad \text{...
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Continuity of perimeter with respect to metric
Let $\Omega$ be an open set in a closed manifold, $(M^n, g)$. We can define the perimeter as
$$\text{Per}_g(\Omega) = \sup\bigg\{\int_{\Omega} \text{div}_g(T) dVol_g, \; : \; T \in C^1(M, T M), \quad \...
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Parallel Jacobi fields in a Hadamard manifold
Let $M$ be a Hadamard manifold and let $c: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow M$ be a geodesic. A Jacobi field $Y$ along $c$ is called parallel if $Y'(t) = 0$ for every $t\in \mathbb{R}$. If we assume that $M$ is ...
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Transport map to lower dimension?
Let $S^{d-1}$ be the sphere in $\mathbb{R}^d$.
Given a $C^\infty$ function $f \colon S^{d-1} \to \mathbb{R}$, define $g \colon S^{d-1} \to S^{d-1}$ as $g(x) = \exp_x(\nabla f(x))$, where $\nabla f(x)$ ...
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Sectional curvature and injectivity radius of natural metric in cotangent bundles
In the following paper by Cielibak, Ginzburg and Kerman (arXiv link, Comm. Math. Helv. 2004 DOI link) they claim in page $3$ that the natural metric $\tilde g$ on $T^*M$ the sectional curvature is ...
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Sequence of 2-cylinders converging to a segment in the Gromov-Hausdorff metric
Let $\{C_i\}_{i=1}^\infty$ be a sequence of (compact) 2-dimensional cylinders with smooth Riemannian metrics with Gauss curvature at least $-1$ and geodesically convex boundary (equivalently, the ...
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Question on globally hyperbolic manifolds and coordinates
Consider a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold $(M,g)$. Then, a well-known result of Bernal-Sánchez (see Theorem 1.1 in arXiv:gr-qc/0401112) states that it can globally be written as
$$M=\mathbb{R}...
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The length is bounded
Let $\Sigma$ be a surface of finite type. Let $\mathcal{S}$ be the set of non-trivial isotopy classes of simple closed curves on $\Sigma$. One denotes by $l_x(\alpha)$ the infimal length of curves in ...
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The continuity of Injectivity radius
$\DeclareMathOperator{\InjRad}{InjRad}$
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when reading a book of M. Berger, I learned that the injectivity radius $\InjRad(x)$ on a compact Riemannian manifold depends continuously on the ...
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Critical point of perturbed stratifiable function has no cluster point
Given a smooth function $f:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ and a smooth manifold $\mathcal{M}$. Now, consider the set
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S(v)=\{x:0\in x\circ(\nabla_{\mathcal{M}} f(x)+N_{\mathcal{M}}(x)+v)\}.
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Riemannian manifold with two geodesics
If any two dinstict points in a complete Riemannian manfiold can only be joined by two different geodesics, is the Riemannian manifold isometric to round sphere?
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Representations of unitary group on spaces of differential forms
This is a question on certain irreducible real representations of the unitary group. My main reference is Salamon's book "Riemannian geometry and holonomy groups".
The unitary group $\mathrm ...
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Area metric vs. volume area element
Assume that $B_2\subset \mathbb{C}^2$ is an unit ball and let $d\tau(z) = dV(z)/(1-|z|^2)^3$ be associated Bergman measure on $B_2$. Then for $\Omega\subset B_2$ we define the $\tau$-volume of $\Omega$...
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On intersection of null geodesics
Let us consider a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold $(M,g)$ with empty cut locus. Suppose that
$p$ is a point in $M$ and consider $C^-(p)$ to be the past null cone in $M$ emanating from the ...
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Randomly perturbed function has no accumulated critical point almost surely?
Given a smooth function $f$ and a smooth manifold $\mathcal{M}$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$, define the set
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S(v):=\{x:{\rm Proj}_{T_x{\mathcal{M}}}(v)=\nabla_{\mathcal{M}}f(x)\}.
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Is correct to say that $S(...
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Bounds on the uniformization map for a metric on the 2-sphere
Suppose $m$ is a smooth Riemannian metric on $\mathbb{S}^2$, the uniformization theorem of surfaces tell us that $m$ is conformally equivalent to the standard round metric. Formally this says that ...
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Comparison between riemannian distance of a manifold embedded in $\mathbf R^N$ and euclidean distance
Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold isometrically embedded in some $\mathbf R^N$, and moreover let $d_M$ be the Riemannian distance on $M$. It is clear that for $x,y \in M$ :
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|x-y| \leq d_M(x,y)...
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