Geodesics, distance, and the CAT(0) property for the manifold of Riemannian metrics

DOI10.1007/S00209-012-0996-XzbMATH Open1266.58005arXiv1011.1521OpenAlexW2065075321WikidataQ115388778 ScholiaQ115388778MaRDI QIDQ1936631FDOQ1936631

Authors: Brian Clarke 

Publication date: 6 February 2013

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.1521

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zbMATH Keywords

nonpositive curvaturecompletion\(L^2\) metric\(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\)manifold of metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Manifolds of metrics (especially Riemannian) (58D17) Metric geometry (51F99)

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