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48 results for functional metrics

Researchers found all special metrics in 4D for certain curvature functionals.

problem Identifying special metrics in 4D for quadratic curvature functionals.
method Determined all homogeneous metrics that are critical for quadratic curvature functionals.
result All homogeneous metrics in 4D for some quadratic curvature functionals have been identified.

We introduce a new family of metrics, called functional metrics, on noncommutative tori and study their spectral geometry. We define a class of Laplace type operators for these metrics and study their spectral invariants obtained from the heat trace asymptotics. A formula for the second density of the heat trace is obt…

2018-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper characterizes embeddability of function spaces into LpL_p-type RKBS via metric entropy.

problem Characterizing embeddability of function spaces into LpL_p-type RKBS.
method Establishes a connection between metric entropy growth and embeddability.
result A bound on metric entropy growth allows embedding into LpL_p-type RKBS.

Paper finds critical metrics with pinched curvature are geodesic balls.

problem Identifying critical metrics with specific curvature constraints.
method Proved isometry to geodesic balls in S^n and provided conditions for the gradient of the potential function.
result Critical metrics with pinched curvature are isometric to geodesic balls in S^n.

New rigidity results for critical metrics of a quadratic curvature functional.

problem Proving uniqueness of critical metrics for a specific curvature functional.
method Analyzing complete, possibly non-compact, critical metrics of the quadratic curvature functional.
result Critical metrics with finite energy are scalar flat (global minima) for dimensions n≥10.

Study critical metrics on manifolds with boundary using integral and boundary estimates.

problem Investigate geometry of critical metrics on compact manifolds with boundary.
method Use generalized Reilly's formula to derive integral and boundary estimates.
result Establish new boundary estimates for critical metrics of the volume functional.

The study proves non-existence of concave functions on specific metric spaces.

problem Proving the non-existence of concave functions on certain metric spaces.
method Analogue theorems for Alexandrov spaces and CαC^α-Hölder Riemannian manifolds.
result Proves non-existence of concave functions on complete manifolds with finite volume and specific metric spaces.

New functionals defined for free boundary minimal submanifolds in higher dimensions.

problem Characterizing metrics for free boundary minimal submanifolds in geodesic balls.
method Introducing and studying new functionals Θr,iΘ_{r,i} and Ωr,iΩ_{r,i} for higher-dimensional free boundary minimal submanifolds.
result Critical metrics for these new functionals are the metrics induced by free boundary minimal immersions.

The paper proves the existence of singular cscK metrics on smoothable varieties.

problem Existence of singular cscK metrics on smoothable varieties.
method Developing a strong topology of pluripotential theory in families and uniform estimates for cscK metrics.
result Existence of singular cscK metrics on Q\mathbb{Q}-Gorenstein smoothable klt varieties when the Mabuchi functional is coercive.

Defines metrics and Einstein tensors on Riemannian manifolds, proving vanishing for non-commutative two-torus.

problem Defining metrics and Einstein tensors on Riemannian manifolds.
method Defines bilinear functionals of vector fields and differential forms, generalizing to non-commutative geometry.
result Proves the vanishing of the Einstein functional for the conformally rescaled geometry of the noncommutative two-torus.

The paper establishes Sobolev inequalities between Riemannian metrics and their distance functions.

problem Establishing a theory of Sobolev inequalities for Riemannian metrics and distance functions.
method Analyzing the sub-critical case $p < rac{m}{2}$, proving a Sobolev inequality linking $L^{ rac{p}{2}}$ bounds on metrics to LqL^q bounds on distance functions.
result A Sobolev inequality exists between Riemannian metrics and their distance functions, leading to a convergence theorem.

In this paper we prove rigidity results on critical metrics for quadratic curvature functionals, involving the Ricci and the scalar curvature, on the space of Riemannian metrics with unit volume. It is well-known that Einstein metrics are always critical points. The purpose of this article is to show that, under some c…

2014-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines metrics and functionals for Hodge-Dirac operator on manifolds.

problem Examining metrics and functionals for Hodge-Dirac operator on manifolds.
method Analyzing the metric and Einstein bilinear functionals of differential forms for Hodge-Dirac operator d+δd+δ.
result The functionals reproduce those for the canonical Dirac operator on a spin manifold up to a numerical factor.

Study Hilbert's projective metric for bounded growth functions leading to Sinkhorn's algorithm convergence.

problem Optimal transport in unbounded settings with heavy-tailed distributions.
method Hilbert's projective metric for integrable functions of bounded growth, kernel integral operators as contractions.
result Exponential convergence of Sinkhorn's algorithm for light-tailed marginal distributions.

Classifies Kähler metrics with constant holomorphic curvature.

problem Classifying Kähler metrics with constant holomorphic sectional curvature.
method Exploiting the geometry of the bundle of 1-jets of holomorphic functions.
result Local classification of Kähler metrics with constant holomorphic sectional curvature.

In this article, we investigate the geometry of critical metrics of the volume functional on an nn-dimensional compact manifold with (possibly disconnected) boundary. We establish sharp estimates to the mean curvature and area of the boundary components of critical metrics of the volume functional on a compact manifol…

2018-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Constructs conformal metrics with negative curvature on manifolds with boundary.

problem Creating conformal metrics with negative curvature on manifolds with boundary.
method Using Morse functions to construct conformal metrics and proving results for compact 3-manifolds with boundary.
result Any Riemannian metric on compact 3-manifolds with boundary is conformal to a compact metric of negative sectional curvature.

Compact embeddings for invariant functions in metric-measure spaces.

problem Embedding functions with symmetry in metric-measure spaces.
method Analyzing HH-invariant functions in compact metric-measure spaces, extending to Riemannian manifolds.
result Obtained compact Sobolev embeddings for critical exponents.

We study the Euler-Lagrange equation for several natural functionals defined on a conformal class of almost Hermitian metrics, whose expression involves the Lee form θθ of the metric. We show that the Gauduchon metrics are the unique extremal metrics of the functional corresponding to the norm of the codifferential of…

2019-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a simply connected compact generalized flag manifold M together with its invariant Kähler Einstein metric g, we investigate the functional given by the first eigenvalue of the Hodge Laplacian on smooth functions restricted to the space of invariant Kähler metrics. We give sufficient and necessary conditions so th…

2014-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the coupled Ricci-Calabi functional and the coupled H-functional which measure how far from a coupled Kähler-Einstein metric in the sense of Hultgren-Witt Nyström. We first give corresponding moment weight type inequalities which estimate each functional in terms of algebraic invariants. Secondly, we give …

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Let MM be a compact complex manifold admitting a Kähler structure. A conformally Kähler, Einstein-Maxwell metric (cKEM metric for short) is a Hermitian metric g~\tilde{g} on MM with constant scalar curvature such that there is a positive smooth function ff with g=f2g~g = f^2 \tilde{g} being a Kähler metric and ff being…

2017-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper calculates third coefficient in Kaehler-Einstein metric expansion.

problem Understanding Kaehler-Einstein metrics and their epsilon functions.
method Computes the third coefficient in the TYCZ-expansion of the epsilon function.
result Discovers the vanishing of the third coefficient's significance.

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.

Metric functions for phoneme perception capture the similarity structure among phonemes in a given language and therefore play a central role in phonology and psycho-linguistics. Various phenomena depend on phoneme similarity, such as spoken word recognition or serial recall from verbal working memory. This study prese…

2018-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a new cosmological volume function and its properties.

problem Introducing a new cosmological volume function.
method Introduces and analyzes the cosmological volume function τ_V, showing it's continuously differentiable.
result τ_V leads to a canonical splitting of the metric tensor and a canonical Wick-rotated Riemannian metric.

It is a well-known fact that on a bounded spectral interval the Dirac spectrum can be described locally by a non-decreasing sequence of continuous functions of the Riemannian metric. In the present article we extend this result to a global version. We think of the spectrum of a Dirac operator as a function from the int…

2013-03-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The double tetrahedron is the triangulation of the three-sphere gotten by gluing together two congruent tetrahedra along their boundaries. As a piecewise flat manifold, its geometry is determined by its six edge lengths, giving a notion of a metric on the double tetrahedron. We study notions of Einstein metrics, consta…

2010-06-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We show a general relation between the spatially disjoint product of probability density functions and the sum of their Fisher information metric tensors. We then utilise this result to give a method for constructing the probability density functions for an arbitrary Riemannian Fisher information metric tensor. We note…

2015-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study Mabuchi metrics on Fano manifolds. We prove that Mabuchi metrics exist if the modified Ding functional is proper modulo a reductive subgroup of its automorphism group. On the other hand, the inverse that Mabuchi metrics implies the properness is obtained by using Darvas-Rubinstein's properness p…

2017-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗