Diameter of the Berger sphere

DOI10.1134/S0001434618050188zbMATH Open1402.58008arXiv1710.02945OpenAlexW3103569264WikidataQ129617322 ScholiaQ129617322MaRDI QIDQ1668083FDOQ1668083

Authors: A. V. Podobryaev 

Publication date: 31 August 2018

Published in: Mathematical Notes (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the Lie group $S{U}_2$ endowed with a left-invariant axisymmetric Riemannian metric. This means that a metric has eigenvalues $I_1=I_2,I_3>0$. We give an explicit formula for the diameter of such metric. Other words, we compute the diameter of Berger's sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02945

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zbMATH Keywords

diametergeodesicRiemannian geometryBerger spherecut timegroup \(\operatorname{SU}_2\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentiation theory (Gateaux, Fréchet, etc.) on manifolds (58C20)

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