Geodesic distance for right invariant Sobolev metrics of fractional order on the diffeomorphism group. II (Q2434957)

In this article the author's studied right invariant metrics on the group \(\mathbf{Diff}_c(M)\) of compactly supported diffeomorphisms of a Riemannian manifold \(M\), which are induced by the Sobolev metric \(H^s\) of order s on the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{X}_c(M)\) of vector fields with compact support. They showed that the geodesic distance vanishes on \(\mathbf{Diff}_c(M)\) for any Riemannian manifold \(M\) of bounded geometry, if \( 0\leq s < 1 /2\).