Convexity and some geometric properties

DOI10.1007/S10957-017-1087-2zbMATH Open1369.53024arXiv1612.03507OpenAlexW2566615556WikidataQ125124397 ScholiaQ125124397MaRDI QIDQ2363567FDOQ2363567

Authors: Ítalo Dowell Lira Melo, J. X. da Cruz Neto, Paulo Alexandre Araújo Sousa 

Publication date: 20 July 2017

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to present results of existence and non-existence of convex functions on Riemannian manifolds and, in the case of the existence, we associate such functions to the geometry of the manifold. Precisely, we prove that the conservativity of the geodesic flow on a Rieman- nain manifold with infinite volume is an obstruction to the existence of convex functions. Next, we present a geometric condition that ensures the existence of (strictly) convex functions on a particular class of complete non-compact man- ifolds, and, we use this fact to construct a manifold whose sectional curvature assumes any real value greater than a negative constant and admits a strictly convex function. In the last result we relate the geometry of a Riemannian manifold of positive sectional curvature with the set of minimum points of a convex function defined on the manifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03507

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zbMATH Keywords

convex functiongeodesic flowsoul of a manifoldconformal fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

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