Geodesic flows on path spaces

On the path space over a compact Riemannian manifold, the global existence and the global uniqueness of the quasi-invariant geodesic flows with respect to a negative Markov connection are obtained in this paper. The results answer affirmatively a left problem of Li.     

Geodesic flows on Riemannian g.o. spaces

We prove the integrability of geodesic flows on the Riemannian g.o. spaces of compact Lie groups, as well as on a related class of Riemannian homogeneous spaces having an additional principal bundle structure.     

Quasi-invariant transformations on the path space over a manifold

Some interesting quasi-invariant transformations on the path space over a Riemannian manifold are investigated. The results improve some previous ones. An erratum to this article is available at .     

The existence of geodesics in Wasserstein spaces over path groups and loop groups

In this work we prove the existence and uniqueness of the optimal transport map for $L^p$-Wasserstein distance with $p>1$, and particularly present an explicit expression of the optimal transport map for the case $p=2$. As an application, we show the existence of geodesics connecting probability measures satisfying suitable condition on path groups and loop groups.     

分形花及其网络上的平均测地距离

借助圆周映射计算距离函数在自相似测度上的积分,本文利用自相似测度得到分形花上的平均测地距离,并将此结果应用于分形花网络.     

Geodesic flow on three-dimensional ellipsoids with equal semi-axes

Following on from our previous study of the geodesic flow on three dimensional ellipsoid with equal middle semi-axes, here we study the remaining cases: Ellipsoids with two sets of equal semi-axes with SO(2) × SO(2) symmetry, ellipsoids with equal larger or smaller semiaxes with SO(2) symmetry, and ellipsoids with three semi-axes coinciding with SO(3) symmetry. All of these cases are Liouville-integrable, and reduction of the symmetry leads to singular reduced systems on lower-dimensional ellipsoids. The critical values of the energy-momentum maps and their singular fibers are completely classified. In the cases with SO(2) symmetry there are corank 1 degenerate critical points; all other critical points are non-degenreate. We show that in the case with SO(2) × SO(2) symmetry three global action variables exist and the image of the energy surface under the energy-momentum map is a convex polyhedron. The case with SO(3) symmetry is non-commutatively integrable, and we show that the fibers over regular points of the energy-casimir map are T ² bundles over S ².      

Geodesic $\gamma$-Pre-$E$-Convex Functions on Riemannian Manifolds

In this paper, we generalize geodesic $E$-convex function and define geodesic $\gamma$-pre-$E$-convex and geodesic $\gamma$-$E$-convex functions on Riemannian manifolds. The sufficient condition of equivalence class of geodesic $\gamma$-pre-$E$-convexity and geodesic $\gamma$-$E$-convexity for differentiable function on Riemannian manifolds is studied. We discuss the sufficient condition for $E$-epigraph to be geodesic $E$-convex set. At the end, we establish some optimality results with the aid of geodesic $\gamma$-pre-$E$-convex and geodesic $\gamma$-$E$-convex functions and discuss the mean value inequality for geodesic $\gamma$-pre-$E$-convex function.     

Geodesic discs in Teichmiiller space

Let T(S) be the Teichmuller space of a Riemann surface S. By definition, a geodesic disc in T(S) is the image of an isometric embedding of the Poincare disc into T(S). It is shown in this paper that for any non-Strebel point τ∈T(S), there are infinitely many aeodesic discs containina [0] and τ.     

Extreme Geodesic Graphs

For two vertices u and v of a graph G, the closed interval I[u, v] consists of u, v, and all vertices lying in some u–v geodesic of G, while for S V(G), the set I[S] is the union of all sets I[u, v] for u, v S. A set S of vertices of G for which I[S] = V(G) is a geodetic set for G, and the minimum cardinality of a geodetic set is the geodetic number g(G). A vertex v in G is an extreme vertex if the subgraph induced by its neighborhood is complete. The number of extreme vertices in G is its extreme order ex(G). A graph G is an extreme geodesic graph if g(G) = ex(G), that is, if every vertex lies on a u–v geodesic for some pair u, v of extreme vertices. It is shown that every pair a, b of integers with 0 a b is realizable as the extreme order and geodetic number, respectively, of some graph. For positive integers r, d, and k 2, it is shown that there exists an extreme geodesic graph G of radius r, diameter d, and geodetic number k. Also, for integers n, d, and k with 2 d > n, 2 k > n, and n – d – k + 1 0, there exists a connected extreme geodesic graph G of order n, diameter d, and geodetic number k. We show that every graph of order n with geodetic number n – 1 is an extreme geodesic graph. On the other hand, for every pair k, n of integers with 2 k n – 2, there exists a connected graph of order n with geodetic number k that is not an extreme geodesic graph.     

Some Remarks on the Geodesic Completeness of Compact Nonpositively Curved Spaces

We study the following question: does a compact nonpositively curved space have a totally geodesic core?     

约束力学系统的联络及其运动方程的测地性质

用现代整体微分几何方法研究非定常约束力学系统运动方程的测地性质，得到非定常力学系统的动力学流关于１＿射丛上的联络具有测地性质的充分必要条件·非定常情形下的动力学流关于无挠率的联络总具有测地性质，因此任何非定常约束力学系统在外力作用下的运动总可以表示为关于１＿射丛上无挠率的动力学联络的测地运动，这与定常力学的情形有所区别·     

Gradient flows in asymmetric metric spaces

This article is concerned with gradient flows in asymmetric metric spaces, that is, spaces with a topology induced by an asymmetric metric. Such an asymmetry appears naturally in many applications, e.g., in mathematical models for materials with hysteresis. A framework of asymmetric gradient flows is established under the assumption that the metric is weakly lower-semicontinuous in the second argument (and not necessarily on the first), and an existence theorem for gradient flows defined on an asymmetric metric space is given.     

Rigidity of surfaces whose geodesic flows preserve smooth foliations of codimension 1

Let be a closed orientable surface. Assume that there exists a codimension one foliation of class in the unit tangent bundle of , whose leaves are invariant under the geodesic flow of . Then, the curvature of is a nonpositive constant.

     

Geodesic convexity in nonlinear optimization

The properties of geodesic convex functions defined on a connected RiemannianC ² k-manifold are investigated in order to extend some results of convex optimization problems to nonlinear ones, whose feasible region is given by equalities and by inequalities and is a subset of a nonlinear space.This research was supported in part by the Hungarian National Research Foundation, Grant No. OTKA-1044.     

Quantization of the Geodesic Flow on Quaternion Projective Spaces

We study a problem of the geometric quantization for the quaternionprojective space. First we explain a Kähler structure on the punctured cotangent bundleof the quaternion projective space, whose Kähler form coincides withthe natural symplectic form on the cotangent bundle and show thatthe canonical line bundle of this complex structure is holomorphicallytrivial by explicitly constructing a nowhere vanishing holomorphicglobal section. Then we construct a Hilbert space consisting of acertain class of holomorphic functions on the punctured cotangentbundle by the method ofpairing polarization and incidentally we construct an operatorfrom this Hilbert space to the L ₂ space of the quaternionprojective space. Also we construct a similar operator between thesetwo Hilbert spaces through the Hopf fiberation.We prove that these operators quantizethe geodesic flow of the quaternion projective space tothe one parameter group of the unitary Fourier integral operatorsgenerated by the square root of the Laplacian plus suitable constant.Finally we remark that the Hilbert space above has the reproducing kernel.     

Geodesic knots in closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds

We consider the existence of simple closed geodesics or “geodesic knots” in finite volume orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Every such manifold contains at least one geodesic knot by results of Adams, Hass and Scott in (Adams et al. Bull. London Math. Soc. 31: 81–86, 1999). In (Kuhlmann Algebr. Geom. Topol. 6: 2151–2162, 2006) we showed that every cusped orientable hyperbolic 3-manifold in fact contains infinitely many geodesic knots. In this paper we consider the closed manifold case, and show that if a closed orientable hyperbolic 3-manifold satisfies certain geometric and arithmetic conditions, then it contains infinitely many geodesic knots. The conditions on the manifold can be checked computationally, and have been verified for many manifolds in the Hodgson-Weeks census of closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Our proof is constructive, and the infinite family of geodesic knots spiral around a short simple closed geodesic in the manifold.      

Geodesic transformations and harmonic spaces

We prove that a Riemannian manifold is harmonic if and only if there exists a divergence-preserving geodesic transformation with respect to each point which is not volume-preserving.     

The Magnetic Geodesic Flow in a Homogeneous Field on the Complex Projective Space

We prove commutative integrability of the Hamilton system on the tangent bundle of the complex projective space whose Hamiltonian coincides with the Hamiltonian of the geodesic flow and the Poisson bracket deforms due to addition of the Fubini–Study form to the standard symplectic form.