Riemannian metrics and Laplacians for generalized smooth distributions

DOI10.1142/S1793525320500168zbMATH Open1492.58018arXiv1807.06815OpenAlexW2964310317WikidataQ115244560 ScholiaQ115244560MaRDI QIDQ5156541FDOQ5156541

Authors: Iakovos Androulidakis, Yuri A. Kordyukov 

Publication date: 11 October 2021

Published in: Journal of Topology and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that any generalised smooth distribution on a smooth manifold, possibly of non-constant rank, admits a Riemannian metric. Using such a metric, we attach a Laplace operator to any smooth distribution as such. When the underlying manifold is compact, we show that it is essentially self-adjoint. Viewing this Laplacian in the longitudinal pseudodifferential calculus of the smallest singular foliation which includes the distribution, we prove hypoellipticity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06815

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplacianhypoellipticitydifferential operatorssingular foliationsubelliptic estimatesRiemannian structuresvector distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hypoelliptic equations (35H10) PDEs on manifolds (35R01) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60)

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