Geodesics, distance, and the CAT(0) property for the manifold of Riemannian metrics
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Abstract: Given a fixed closed manifold M, we exhibit an explicit formula for the distance function of the canonical L^2 Riemannian metric on the manifold of all smooth Riemannian metrics on M. Additionally, we examine the (metric) completion of the manifold of metrics with respect to the L^2 metric and show that there exists a unique minimal path between any two points. This path is also given explicitly. As an application of these formulas, we show that the metric completion of the manifold of metrics is a CAT(0) space.
Given a closed manifold \(M\), the author studies the space \(\mathcal{M}\) of all smooth Riemannian metrics on \(M\). The space \(\mathcal{M}\) is a Fréchet manifold endowed with a canonical \(L^2\) Riemannian metric. The main result of the paper states that the metric completion \(\overline{\mathcal{M}}\) of \(\mathcal{M}\) is a \(\text{CAT}(0)\) space. This result is proved using an explicit formula for the distance on \(\mathcal{M}\) and an explicit expression for the geodesics in \(\overline{\mathcal{M}}\) (Theorem~4.16). The paper ends with a discussion of some open problems concerning the \(L^2\) metric.
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