Parabolic geodesics as parallel curves in parabolic geometries

DOI10.1142/S0129167X13500675MaRDI QIDQ2855487zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marc Herzlich

Publication date 25 October 2013

Published in International Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4005

zbMATH Keywords

parabolic geometriesparabolic geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) (G)-structures (53C10) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

Abstract: We give a simple characterization of the parabolic geodesics introduced by Cap, Slovak and Zadnik for all parabolic geometries. This goes through the definition of a natural connection on the space of Weyl structures. We then show that parabolic geodesics can be characterized as the following data: a curve on the manifold and a Weyl structure along the curve, so that the curve is a geodesic for its companion Weyl structure and the Weyl structure is parallel along the curve and in the direction of the tangent vector of the curve.

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