Approximating the Weil-Petersson metric geodesics on the universal Teichmüller space by singular solutions

DOI10.1137/120898565zbMATH Open1311.65015arXiv1208.2022OpenAlexW2039347938MaRDI QIDQ2876830FDOQ2876830

Authors: Sergey Kushnarev, Akil C. Narayan 

Publication date: 20 August 2014

Published in: SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose and investigate a numerical shooting method for computing geodesics in the Weil-Petersson ($WP$) metric on the universal Teichm"uller space T(1). This space, or rather the coset subspace $$, has another realization as the space of smooth, simple closed planar curves modulo translations and scalings. This alternate identification of T(1) is a convenient metrization of the space of shapes and provides an immediate application for our algorithm in computer vision. The geodesic equation on T(1) with the $WP$ metric is EPDiff($S^1$), the Euler-Poincare equation on the group of diffeomorphisms of the circle $S^1$, and admits a class of soliton-like solutions named Teichons. Our method relies on approximating the geodesic with these teichon solutions, which have momenta given by a finite linear combination of delta functions. The geodesic equation for this simpler set of solutions is more tractable from the numerical point of view. With a robust numerical integration of this equation, we formulate a shooting method utilizing a cross-ratio matching term. Several examples of geodesics in the space of shapes are demonstrated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2022

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zbMATH Keywords

shapesWeil-Petersson metricshootingteichonsuniversal Teichmüller space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

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