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Average signature of geodesic paths in compact Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2026-05-20 v2 Probability

Abstract

For any compact connected Lie group GG, we introduce a novel notion of average signature A(G)\mathbb A(G) valued in its tensor Lie algebra, by taking the average value of the signature of the unique length-minimizing geodesics between all pairs of generic points in GG. we prove that using the average signature together with the trace operation with respect to the given bi-invariant Riemannian metric on GG, one can recover certain geometric quantities of GG, including the dimension, the diameter, the volume and the scalar curvature.

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@article{arxiv.2411.06760,
  title  = {Average signature of geodesic paths in compact Lie groups},
  author = {Chong Liu and Shi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.06760},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages, final version, to appear in J. Lond. Math. Soc