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Uniform stability of linear evolution equations, with applications to parallel transports

Differential Geometry 2015-02-13 v1 Analysis of PDEs Dynamical Systems

Abstract

I prove the bistability of linear evolution equations x=A(t)xx' = A(t)x in a Banach space EE, where the operator-valued function AA is of the form A(t)=f(t)G(t,f(t))A(t) = f'(t)G(t,f(t)) for a binary operator-valued function GG and a scalar function ff. The constant that bounds the solutions of the equation is computed explicitly; it is independent of ff, in a sense. Two geometric applications of the stability result are presented. Firstly, I show that the parallel transport along a curve γ\gamma in a manifold, with respect to some linear connection, is bounded in terms of the length of the projection of γ\gamma to a manifold of one dimension lower. Secondly, I prove an extendability result for parallel sections in vector bundles, thereby answering a question by Antonio J. Di Scala.

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@article{arxiv.1502.03740,
  title  = {Uniform stability of linear evolution equations, with applications to parallel transports},
  author = {Tim Kirschner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.03740},
  year   = {2015}
}
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