Symmetry breaking in geometry

arXiv2206.13401MaRDI QIDQ6403285FDOQ6403285

Mason Pember, Andreas Fuchs, Udo Hertrich-Jeromin

Publication date: 27 June 2022

Abstract: A geometric mechanism that may, in analogy to similar notions in physics, be considered as "symmetry breaking" in geometry is described, and several instances of this mechanism in differential geometry are discussed: it is shown how spontaneous symmetry breaking may occur, and it is discussed how explicit symmetry breaking may be used to tackle certain geometric problems. A systematic study of symmetry breaking in geometry is proposed, and some preliminary thoughts on further research are formulated.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lie-Bäcklund and other transformations for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K35) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Other special differential geometries (53A40) Discrete differential geometry (53A70)

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