Contactomorphism group with the L^2 metric on stream functions

DOI10.1007/S10455-015-9488-7zbMATH Open1337.53095arXiv1506.08178OpenAlexW2205093174MaRDI QIDQ282764FDOQ282764

Authors: Boramey Chhay 

Publication date: 12 May 2016

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

Abstract: Here we investigate some geometric properties of the contactomorphism group $mathcal{D}_{h}eta(M)$ of a compact contact manifold with the $L^2$ metric on the stream functions. Viewing this group as a generalization to the $mathcalD(S^1)$, the diffeomorphism group of the circle, we show that its sectional curvature is always non-negative and that the the Riemannian exponential map is not locally $C^1$. Lastly, we show that the quantomorphism group is a totally geodesic submanifold of $mathcal{D}_{h}eta(M)$ and talk about its Riemannian submersion onto the symplectomorphism group of the Boothby-Wang quotient of $M$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.08178

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zbMATH Keywords

sectional curvatureBoothby-Wang quotientquantomorphism groupRiemannian exponentialtotally geodesic submanifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

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