Sobolev metrics on diffeomorphism groups and the derived geometry of spaces of submanifolds

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Abstract: Given a finite dimensional manifold N, the group operatornameDiffmathcalS(N) of diffeomorphism of N which fall suitably rapidly to the identity, acts on the manifold B(M,N) of submanifolds on N of diffeomorphism type M where M is a compact manifold with dimM<dimN. For a right invariant weak Riemannian metric on operatornameDiffmathcalS(N) induced by a quite general operator L:frakXmathcalS(N)oGamma(TNotimesoperatornamevol(N)), we consider the induced weak Riemannian metric on B(M,N) and we compute its geodesics and sectional curvature. For that we derive a covariant formula for curvature in finite and infinite dimensions, we show how it makes O'Neill's formula very transparent, and we use it finally to compute sectional curvature on B(M,N).




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