Intrinsic Characterization of Manifold-Valued Generalized Functions

DOI10.1112/S0024611503014229MaRDI QIDQ4434580zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michael Kunzinger, Roland Steinbauer, J. Vickers

Publication date 10 November 2003

Published in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0205223

zbMATH Keywords

generalized functionsgeodesicpseudo-Riemannian metricsmooth manifoldvector bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized functions for nonlinear analysis (Rosinger, Colombeau, nonstandard, etc.) (46F30) Distributions and generalized functions on nonlinear spaces (46T30) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

Abstract: The concept of generalized functions taking values in a differentiable manifold is extended to a functorial theory. We establish several characterization results which allow a global intrinsic formulation both of the theory of manifold-valued generalized functions and of generalized vector bundle homomorphisms. As a consequence, a characterization of equivalence that does not resort to derivatives (already known for the scalar-valued cases of Colombeau's construction) is achieved. These results are employed to derive a point value description of all types of generalized functions valued in manifolds and to show that composition can be carried out unrestrictedly. Finally, a new concept of association adapted to the present setting is introduced.

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