Two dimensional compact simple Riemannian manifolds are boundary distance rigid (Q2387160): Difference between revisions

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold \(M\) with boundary \(\partial M\) and denote by \(d_g(x,y)\) the geodesic distance between points \(x,y\in\partial M\). The authors study the question whether one can determine the Riemannian metric \(g\) knowing \(d_g(x,y)\) for any \(x,y\in\partial M\). \textit{R. Michel} [Invent. Math. 65, 71--83 (1981; Zbl 0471.53030)] conjectured that simple manifolds are boundary distance rigid, that is, \(d_g\) determines \(g\) uniquely up to an isometry which equals the identity on the boundary. In this paper, it is shown that simple two-dimensional compact Riemannian manifolds are boundary distance rigid.