scholarly journals Scalar Curvature via Local Extent

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giona Veronelli
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Integral Curvature ◽  
Alexandrov Spaces ◽  
Metric Characterization ◽  
Maximal Distance

AbstractWe give a metric characterization of the scalar curvature of a smooth Riemannian manifold, analyzing the maximal distance between (n + 1) points in infinitesimally small neighborhoods of a point. Since this characterization is purely in terms of the distance function, it could be used to approach the problem of defining the scalar curvature on a non-smooth metric space. In the second part we will discuss this issue, focusing in particular on Alexandrov spaces and surfaces with bounded integral curvature.

On Asymmetric Distances

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 200-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea C.G. Mennucci
Keyword(s):  
Total Variation ◽  
Calculus Of Variations ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Metric Spaces ◽  
Geodesic Segment ◽  
Intrinsic Metric ◽  
Typical Application ◽  
Variation Formula

Abstract In this paper we discuss asymmetric length structures and asymmetric metric spaces. A length structure induces a (semi)distance function; by using the total variation formula, a (semi)distance function induces a length. In the first part we identify a topology in the set of paths that best describes when the above operations are idempotent. As a typical application, we consider the length of paths defined by a Finslerian functional in Calculus of Variations. In the second part we generalize the setting of General metric spaces of Busemann, and discuss the newly found aspects of the theory: we identify three interesting classes of paths, and compare them; we note that a geodesic segment (as defined by Busemann) is not necessarily continuous in our setting; hence we present three different notions of intrinsic metric space.

scholarly journals An Intrinsic Characterization of Five Points in a CAT(0) Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-165
Author(s):  
Tetsu Toyoda
Keyword(s):  
Metric Space ◽  
Isometric Embedding ◽  
Metric Spaces ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Intrinsic Characterization ◽  
New Family

AbstractGromov (2001) and Sturm (2003) proved that any four points in a CAT(0) space satisfy a certain family of inequalities. We call those inequalities the ⊠-inequalities, following the notation used by Gromov. In this paper, we prove that a metric space X containing at most five points admits an isometric embedding into a CAT(0) space if and only if any four points in X satisfy the ⊠-inequalities. To prove this, we introduce a new family of necessary conditions for a metric space to admit an isometric embedding into a CAT(0) space by modifying and generalizing Gromov’s cycle conditions. Furthermore, we prove that if a metric space satisfies all those necessary conditions, then it admits an isometric embedding into a CAT(0) space. This work presents a new approach to characterizing those metric spaces that admit an isometric embedding into a CAT(0) space.

scholarly journals On equicontinuous factors of flows on locally path-connected compact spaces

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
NIKOLAI EDEKO
Keyword(s):  
Lie Group ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Betti Number ◽  
Alternative Proof ◽  
Simple Consequence ◽  
Compact Metric Space ◽  
Invariant Functions ◽  
Compact Spaces ◽  
Path Connected

Abstract We consider a locally path-connected compact metric space K with finite first Betti number $\textrm {b}_1(K)$ and a flow $(K, G)$ on K such that G is abelian and all G-invariant functions $f\,{\in}\, \text{\rm C}(K)$ are constant. We prove that every equicontinuous factor of the flow $(K, G)$ is isomorphic to a flow on a compact abelian Lie group of dimension less than ${\textrm {b}_1(K)}/{\textrm {b}_0(K)}$ . For this purpose, we use and provide a new proof for Theorem 2.12 of Hauser and Jäger [Monotonicity of maximal equicontinuous factors and an application to toral flows. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.147 (2019), 4539–4554], which states that for a flow on a locally connected compact space the quotient map onto the maximal equicontinuous factor is monotone, i.e., has connected fibers. Our alternative proof is a simple consequence of a new characterization of the monotonicity of a quotient map $p\colon K\to L$ between locally connected compact spaces K and L that we obtain by characterizing the local connectedness of K in terms of the Banach lattice $\textrm {C}(K)$ .

scholarly journals The Scalar Curvature of a Riemannian Almost Paracomplex Manifold and Its Conformal Transformations

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1379
Author(s):  
Vladimir Rovenski ◽  
Josef Mikeš ◽  
Sergey Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Conformal Transformations ◽  
Structural Group

A Riemannian almost paracomplex manifold is a 2n-dimensional Riemannian manifold (M,g), whose structural group O(2n,R) is reduced to the form O(n,R)×O(n,R). We define the scalar curvature π of this manifold and consider relationships between π and the scalar curvature s of the metric g and its conformal transformations.

EIGENVALUES OF GEOMETRIC OPERATORS RELATED TO THE WITTEN LAPLACIAN UNDER THE RICCI FLOW

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-751
Author(s):  
SHOUWEN FANG ◽  
FEI YANG ◽  
PENG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Laplacian Operator ◽  
Witten Laplacian ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow ◽  
Geometric Operator

AbstractLet (M, g(t)) be a compact Riemannian manifold and the metric g(t) evolve by the Ricci flow. In the paper, we prove that the eigenvalues of geometric operator −Δφ + $\frac{R}{2}$ are non-decreasing under the Ricci flow for manifold M with some curvature conditions, where Δφ is the Witten Laplacian operator, φ ∈ C2(M), and R is the scalar curvature with respect to the metric g(t). We also derive the evolution of eigenvalues under the normalized Ricci flow. As a consequence, we show that compact steady Ricci breather with these curvature conditions must be trivial.

scholarly journals A characterization of complete Riemannian manifolds minimally immersed in the unit sphere

1993 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Ming Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Fundamental Form ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Unit Sphere ◽  
Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Clifford Torus ◽  
Veronese Surface ◽  
The Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Complete Riemannian Manifolds

Let Mn be an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold minimally immersed in the unit sphere Sn+p (1) of dimension n + p. When Mn is compact, Chern, do Carmo and Kobayashi [1] proved that if the square ‖h‖2 of length of the second fundamental form h in Mn is not more than , then either Mn is totallygeodesic, or Mn is the Veronese surface in S4 (1) or Mn is the Clifford torus .In this paper, we generalize the results due to Chern, do Carmo and Kobayashi [1] to complete Riemannian manifolds.

scholarly journals On subsequential limit points of a sequence of iterates. II

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
M. Maiti ◽  
A. C. Babu
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Function ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Product Space ◽  
Topological Spaces ◽  
Limit Points ◽  
Cluster Points

AbstractJ. B. Diaz and F. T. Metcalf established some results concerning the structure of the set of cluster points of a sequence of iterates of a continuous self-map of a metric space. In this paper it is shown that their conclusions remain valid if the distance function in their inequality is replaced by a continuous function on the product space. Then this idea is extended to some other mappings and to uniform and general topological spaces.

scholarly journals On statistical convergence in quasi-metric spaces

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merve İlkhan ◽  
Emrah Evren Kara
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Metric Space ◽  
Statistical Convergence ◽  
Triangle Inequality ◽  
Metric Spaces ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Comprehensive Investigation ◽  
Cauchy Sequences

AbstractA quasi-metric is a distance function which satisfies the triangle inequality but is not symmetric in general. Quasi-metrics are a subject of comprehensive investigation both in pure and applied mathematics in areas such as in functional analysis, topology and computer science. The main purpose of this paper is to extend the convergence and Cauchy conditions in a quasi-metric space by using the notion of asymptotic density. Furthermore, some results obtained are related to completeness, compactness and precompactness in this setting using statistically Cauchy sequences.

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