Geodesic distance for right invariant Sobolev metrics of fractional order on the diffeomorphism group

DOI10.1007/S10455-012-9353-XMaRDI QIDQ2376975zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Martin Bauer, Martins Bruveris, Philipp Harms, Peter W. Michor

Publication date 26 June 2013

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0327

zbMATH Keywords

diffeomorphism groupgeodesic distanceSobolev metrics of non-integral order

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euler equations (35Q31) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05)

Abstract: We study Sobolev-type metrics of fractional order $sgeq0$ on the group $Dif{f}_c(M)$ of compactly supported diffeomorphisms of a manifold $M$. We show that for the important special case $M=S^1$ the geodesic distance on $Dif{f}_c(S^1)$ vanishes if and only if $sleqfrac12$. For other manifolds we obtain a partial characterization: the geodesic distance on $Dif{f}_c(M)$ vanishes for $M=RimesN,s<frac12$ and for $M=S^{1}imesN,sleqfrac12$, with $N$ being a compact Riemannian manifold. On the other hand the geodesic distance on $Dif{f}_c(M)$ is positive for $dim(M)=1,s>frac12$ and $dim(M)geq2,sgeq1$. For $M=R^n$ we discuss the geodesic equations for these metrics. For $n=1$ we obtain some well known PDEs of hydrodynamics: Burgers' equation for $s=0$, the modified Constantin-Lax-Majda equation for $s=frac12$ and the Camassa-Holm equation for $s=1$.

Review text

The work studies several geometrical details within the Arnold's approach to hydrodynamics as geodesic equations on the group of diffeomorphisms. The proof is presented for the theorem, which states that the geodesic distance on \(\mathrm{Diff}_c(M)\) vanishes if and only if the condition \(0<s\leq 1/2\) for the Sobolev-type metrics of fractional order \(s\) and \(M=S^1\), \(s=1/2\) for \(M=S^1\times N\), as well it is positive for \(1/2<s\) if \(\mathrm{dim}(M) =1\) and \(1\leq s\) for \(\mathrm{dim}(M)\geq 2 \). The proof is based on the construction of paths with arbitrary short length from identity to desirable diffeomorphisms.

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