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48 results for curved metrics

Study on completeness of Sobolev metrics on manifold-valued curves.

problem Completeness of Sobolev metrics on spaces of manifold-valued curves.
method Analysis of reparametrization invariant Sobolev metrics of order n2n\ge 2.
result Sobolev immersions are metrically and geodesically complete for several important cases of metrics.

Study disproves conjecture about metric completion of curve spaces.

problem Completeness properties of spaces of immersed curves with reparametrization-invariant metrics.
method Examined Sobolev-type metrics on real-valued immersed curves, demonstrating multiple distinct limit points.
result Metric completion of spaces of immersed open curves includes multiple distinct limit points, not a single point as previously conjectured.

Paper shows regions close to negatively curved metrics are minimal fillings and rigid.

problem Boundary rigidity and minimality of metrics near negatively curved ones.
method Generalizes previous work on filling volume minimality and boundary rigidity for almost hyperbolic metrics.
result Regions with metrics close to a negatively curved symmetric metric are strict minimal fillings and boundary rigid.

The chapter reviews metrics for comparing curves, focusing on quotient elastic and square root velocity metrics.

problem Comparing and analyzing shapes of curves.
method Construction and theoretical properties of quotient elastic metrics, special case of square root velocity metric, numerical approaches for estimation.
result Simplified expression for the square root velocity metric distance.

New metrics on curve spaces split tangent bundles in various ways.

problem Characterize metrics on curve spaces that split tangent bundles in prescribed ways.
method Study reparametrization invariant metrics on the space of parametrized curves, focusing on tangent bundle splittings.
result Characterized all metrics that induce any prescribed splitting of the tangent bundle.

Study angles between curves in metric measure spaces.

problem Define and analyze the angle between curves in metric measure spaces.
method Introduce a new notion of angle and prove the cosine formula on RCD(K,N)RCD^{*}(K,N) spaces.
result The new notion of angle is compatible with classical notions in Riemannian manifolds and Alexandrov spaces.

Let V be an open manifold with complete nonnegatively curved metric such that the normal sphere bundle to a soul has no section. We prove that the souls of nearby nonnegatively curved metrics on V are smoothly close. Combining this result with some topological properties of pseudoisotopies we show that for many V the s…

2015-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies cylinder curves in flat metrics with q > 2.

problem Characterizing behaviors of embedded cylinder curves in flat metrics with q > 2.
method Constructing examples and proving properties of cylinder curves.
result Embedded cylinder curves form a finite diameter subset of the curve complex when the surface is fully punctured and the metric has a specific form.

Study on fractional Sobolev metrics on curves, proving completeness and geodesic properties.

problem Investigating geometric properties of immersed curves with fractional Sobolev metrics.
method Analyzing Riemannian metrics on spaces of immersed curves, proving completeness and geodesic properties.
result Fractional Sobolev metrics are geodesically complete for q>3/2q > 3/2.

Study shows nontrivial homotopy groups for negatively curved metrics on hyperbolic manifolds.

problem Understanding the homotopy groups of Teichmüller spaces for negatively curved metrics.
method Analyzes Teichmüller spaces of negatively curved metrics on hyperbolic manifolds, proving nontrivial homotopy groups for some dimensions.
result Proves existence of nontrivial rational homotopy groups and elements of infinite order in π_i B Diff(M).

We study completeness properties of Sobolev metrics on the space of immersed curves and on the shape space of unparametrized curves. We show that Sobolev metrics of order n2n\geq 2 are metrically complete on the space In(S1,Rd)\mathcal I^n(S^1,\mathbb R^d) of Sobolev immersions of the same regularity and that any two curves i…

2014-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The Teichmüller space of negatively curved metrics on complex hyperbolic manifolds is not contractible.

problem Proving the non-contractibility of Teichmüller space for complex hyperbolic manifolds.
method Analyzing the Teichmüller space of negatively curved metrics on complex hyperbolic manifolds.
result The Teichmüller space of negatively curved metrics on complex hyperbolic manifolds is not contractible.

Study of null φ-slant curves in specific 3D manifolds.

problem Characterizing null φ-slant curves in 3D normal almost contact B-metric manifolds.
method Analyzing the geometric properties and Frenet frames of φ-slant null curves.
result Existence of a unique Frenet frame for non-geodesic φ-slant null curves.

Proves limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces, applies to null distance in Lorentzian manifolds.

problem Control of Lorentzian lengths of limit curves in incomplete metric spaces.
method Proves limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces and applies to null distance.
result Strong control on Lorentzian lengths of limit curves in Sormani and Vegas' null distance.

The paper studies properties of optimal metrics associated to curves on surfaces.

problem Investigating properties of optimal metrics associated to curves on surfaces.
method Starting from a filling curve and a separating curve, constructing a two integer parameter family of curves and deriving coarse length bounds and qualitative properties of their associated optimal metrics.
result There are infinitely many pairs of filling curves with distinct inf invariants but the same self-intersection number.

It is well-known that the class of piecewise smooth curves together with a smooth Riemannian metric induces a metric space structure on a manifold. However, little is known about the minimal regularity needed to analyze curves and particularly to study length-minimizing curves where neither classical techniques such as…

2012-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends pressure metrics to punctured surfaces and proves their properties.

problem Constructing pressure metrics for Teichmüller spaces of punctured surfaces.
method Extending pressure metrics to Teichmüller spaces of surfaces with punctures, proving real analyticity and convexity of Manhattan curves.
result Derives the pressure metric by varying Manhattan curves.

Michor and Mumford have shown that the distances between planar curves in the simplest metric (not involving derivatives) are identically zero. We consider two conformally equivalent metrics for which the distances between curves are nontrivial. We show that in the case of the simpler of the two metrics, the only minim…

2005-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper introduces a metric for curves on manifolds, enabling distance and geodesic calculations.

problem Computing distances and geodesics between curves on Riemannian manifolds.
method Reparametrization invariant metric using SRV function, induced Sobolev metric, geodesic equations.
result Geodesic shooting method for optimal curve deformation, Jacobi fields characterization.

We study nonnegatively curved metrics on S^2xR^4. First, we prove rigidity theorems for connection metrics; for example, the holonomy group of the normal bundle of the soul must lie in a maximal torus of SO(4). Next, we prove that Wilking's almost-positively curved metric on S2xS3 extends to a nonnegatively curved metr…

2010-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper presents new representations and spherical indicatrices of Bertrand curves in Lie groups.

problem Understanding geometric properties of Bertrand curves in Lie groups.
method New representations and spherical indicatrices of Bertrand curves in three Lie groups with bi-invariant metrics are derived.
result Relations between spherical indicatrices and new representations of Bertrand curves are established.