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We consider $H$(eisenberg)-type groups whose law of left translation gives rise to a bracket generating distribution of step 2. In the contrast with sub-Riemannian studies we furnish the horizontal distribution with a nondegenerate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-22 Anna Korolko

The Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) or flow of diffeomorphism is a classical framework in the field of shape spaces and is widely applied in mathematical imaging and computational anatomy. Essentially, it equips a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Benedikt Wirth

In this paper, we investigate left-invariant geodesic orbit metrics on connected simple Lie groups, where the metrics are formed by the structures of generalized flag manifolds. We prove that all these left-invariant geodesic orbit metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-07 Huibin Chen , Zhiqi Chen , Joseph A. Wolf

This paper is a review of recent results on integrable nonholonomic geodesic flows of left--invariant metrics and left- and right--invariant constraint distributions on compact Lie groups.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuri N. Fedorov , Bozidar Jovanovic

In this article we study the Hofer geometry of a compact Lie group $K$ which acts by Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms on a symplectic manifold $M$. Generalized Hofer norms on the Lie algebra of $K$ are introduced and analyzed with tools from…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-22 Gabriel Larotonda , Martin Miglioli

We are interested in the geometry of the group $\mathcal{D}_q(M)$ of diffeomorphisms preserving a contact form $\theta$ on a manifold $M$. We define a Riemannian metric on $\mathcal{D}_q(M)$, compute the corresponding geodesic equation, and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-21 David G. Ebin , Stephen C. Preston

We consider the periodic $\muDP$ equation (a modified version of the Degasperis-Procesi equation) as the geodesic flow of a right-invariant affine connection $\nabla$ on the Fr\'echet Lie group $\Diff^{\infty}(\S^1)$ of all smooth and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-05 Joachim Escher , Martin Kohlmann , Boris Kolev

We consider a specific class of infinite dimensional $p$-adic Lie groups, i.e., a sort of diffeomorphism groups on $p$-adic ball $\operatorname{Diff}^{\operatorname{an}}(B_\epsilon)$. It turns out that this group has a natural logarithmic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Yuxiu Lu

Hodograph equations for the Euler equation in curved spaces with constant pressure are discussed. It is shown that the use of known results concerning geodesics and associated integrals allows to construct several types of hodograph…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 B. G. Konopelchenko , G. Ortenzi

The study of diffeomorphism groups and their applications to problems in analysis and geometry has a long history. In geometric hydrodynamics, pioneered by V.~Arnold in the 1960s, one considers an ideal fluid flow as the geodesic motion on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-28 Boris Khesin , Gerard Misiołek , Klas Modin

We prove sufficient conditions for the existence of conjugate points along geodesics of a left-invariant metric on a Lie group, using a reformulation of the index form in terms of the adjoint action. In the compact semisimple case, with an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Alice Le Brigant , Leandro Lichtenfelz , Stephen C. Preston

A Lie group $G$ endowed with a left invariant Riemannian metric $g$ is called Riemannian Lie group. Harmonic and biharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds is an important area of investigation. In this paper, we study different aspects…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-17 Mohamed Boucetta , Seddik Ouakkas

The Heisenberg Lie group $H_3$ is modeled on the differentiable structure of $\mathbb{R}^3$ but equipped with another non-commutative product operation. By fixing the usual metric on the Heisenberg Lie group, this work provides a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Gabriela Ovando , Mauro Subils

We construct the general first-order hydrodynamic theory invariant under time translations, the Euclidean group of spatial transformations and preserving particle number, that is with symmetry group $\mathbb{R}_t\times$ISO$(d)\times$U$(1)$.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Igor Novak , Julian Sonner , Benjamin Withers

In this article we introduce a diffeomorphism-invariant Riemannian metric on the space of vector valued one-forms. The particular choice of metric is motivated by potential future applications in the field of functional data and shape…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-04 Martin Bauer , Eric Klassen , Stephen C. Preston , Zhe Su

This article provides an overview of various notions of shape spaces, including the space of parametrized and unparametrized curves, the space of immersions, the diffeomorphism group and the space of Riemannian metrics. We discuss the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-07 Martin Bauer , Martins Bruveris , Peter W. Michor

We study geodesics of the form $\gamma(t)=\pi(\exp(tX)\exp(tY))$, $X,Y\in \fr{g}=\operatorname{Lie}(G)$, in homogeneous spaces $G/K$, where $\pi:G\rightarrow G/K$ is the natural projection. These curves naturally generalise homogeneous…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-28 Andreas Arvanitoyeorgos , Nikolaos Panagiotis Souris

We study the geodesics problem in Heisenberg group H (case SR and riemannian). The sheaf of infinitesimal automorphisms of the (2n,2n+1) distribution D over H is an infinite, transitive Lie algebra sheaf.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Odinette Renée Abib

Equations of fluid dynamics are formulated, which hold invariant under the action of the l-conformal Galilei group. They include the conventional continuity equation, a higher order material derivative analogue of the Euler equation, and a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-28 Anton Galajinsky

New perspective form of equations for geodesic lines in Riemann Geometry was found. This method is based on the use of differential forms in differential equations as arguments of differentiation. At that, these forms do not have a…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-08-12 Victor I. Pogorelov