Preserve one, preserve all

arXiv1909.05276MaRDI QIDQ6325112FDOQ6325112

Benjamin Schmidt, Meera G. Mainkar

Publication date: 11 September 2019

Abstract: Isometries of metric spaces $(X,d)$ preserve all level sets of $d$. We formulate and prove cases of a conjecture asserting if $X$ is a complete Riemannian manifold, then a function $f:XightarrowX$ preserving at least one level set $d^{-1}(r)$, with $r>0$ small enough, is an isometry.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Synthetic differential geometry (51K10)

This page was built for publication: Preserve one, preserve all

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6325112)