Automorphisms of generic gradient vector fields with prescribed finite symmetries

DOI10.4171/RMI/1083MaRDI QIDQ2280494zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ignasi Mundet i Riera

Publication date 18 December 2019

Published in Revista Matemática Iberoamericana (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.06837

zbMATH Keywords

diffeomorphismsvector fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Symmetries and invariants of dynamical systems (37C79) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Methods of local Riemannian geometry (53B21) Manifolds of metrics (especially Riemannian) (58D17) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45)

Abstract: Let $M$ be a compact and connected smooth manifold endowed with a smooth action of a finite group $Gamma$, and let $f$ be a $Gamma$-invariant Morse function on $M$. We prove that the space of $Gamma$-invariant Riemannian metrics on $M$ contains a residual subset ${mathcalMet}_f$ with the following property. Let $gin{mathcalMet}_f$ and let $abl{a}^{g}f$ be the gradient vector field of $f$ with respect to $g$. For any diffeomorphism $phi$ of $M$ preserving $abl{a}^{g}f$ there exists some real number $t$ and some $gammainGamma$ such that for every $xinM$ we have $phi(x)=gamma,Ph{i}_t^g(x)$, where $Ph{i}_t^g$ is the time-$t$ flow of the vector field $abl{a}^{g}f$.

Review text

Summary: Let \(M\) be a compact and connected smooth manifold endowed with a smooth action of a finite group \(\Gamma \), and let \(f\) be a \(\Gamma \)-invariant Morse function on \(M\). We prove that the space of \(\Gamma \)-invariant Riemannian metrics on \(M\) contains a residual subset \({\mathcal M\mathrm{et}}_f\) with the following property. Let \(g\in\mathcal{M}\mathrm{et}_f\) and let \(\nabla^gf\) be the gradient vector field of \(f\) with respect to \(g\). For any diffeomorphism \(\phi\in \mathrm{Diff}(M)\) preserving \(\nabla^gf\) there exists some \(t\in\mathbb R\) and some \(\gamma\in\Gamma\) such that for every \(x\in M\) we have \(\phi(x)=\gamma\,\Phi_t^g(x)\), where \(\Phi_t^g\) is the time-\(t\) flow of the vector field \(\nabla^gf\).

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