The metric geometry of the manifold of Riemannian metrics over a closed manifold

DOI10.1007/s00526-010-0323-5zbMath1213.58007arXiv0904.0174OpenAlexW2059474323WikidataQ115387551 ScholiaQ115387551MaRDI QIDQ607798

Brian Clarke

Publication date: 3 December 2010

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0174

zbMATH Keywords

superspacemanifold of Riemannian metrics\(L^{2}\) metricmanifold of Riemannian structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Manifolds of metrics (especially Riemannian) (58D17)

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