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Isometric embeddings via heat kernel

Differential Geometry 2013-12-06 v4 Spectral Theory

Abstract

For any n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold (M,g), we construct a canonical t-family of isometric embeddings I_{t}: M->R^{q(t)}, with t>0 sufficiently small and q(t)>>t^{-n/2}. This is done by intrinsically perturbing the heat kernel embedding introduced in [BBG]. As t->0, asymptotic geometry of the embedded images is discussed.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1305.5613,
  title  = {Isometric embeddings via heat kernel},
  author = {Xiaowei Wang and Ke Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.5613},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

39 pages. We remove the Einstein condition in the previous version. The isometric embedding is extended to all compact Riemannian manifolds with smooth metrics. The embedding is improved to C^k regularity for any given k. Proofs are simplified, and less relevant results are removed

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