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Bi-invariant metric on contact diffeomorphisms group

Differential Geometry 2014-08-29 v2

Abstract

We show the existence of a weak bi-invariant symmetric nondegenerate 2-form on the contact diffeomorphisms group Dθ\mathcal{D}_\theta of a contact Riemannian manifold (M,g,θ)(M,g,\theta) and study its properties. We describe the Euler's equation on a Lie algebra of group Dθ\mathcal{D}_\theta and calculate the sectional curvature of Dθ\mathcal{D}_\theta. In a case dimM=3\dim M =3 connection between the bi-invariant metric on Dθ\mathcal{D}_\theta and the bi-invariant metric on volume-preserving diffeomorphisms group Dμ\mathcal{D}_\mu of M3M^3 is discover.

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@article{arxiv.1402.0967,
  title  = {Bi-invariant metric on contact diffeomorphisms group},
  author = {N. K. Smolentsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.0967},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages

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