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We show that certain right-invariant metrics endow the infinite-dimensional Lie group of all smooth orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms of the circle with a Riemannian structure. The study of the Riemannian exponential map allows us to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Adrian Constantin , Boris Kolev

A model describing cell membranes as optimal shapes with regard to the $L^2$-deficit of their mean curvature to a given constant called spontaneous curvature is considered. It is shown that the corresponding energy functional is lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Christian Scharrer

We discuss Lie-Tresse theorem for the pseudogroup of diffeomorphisms acting on the space of (pseudo-)Riemannian metrics, and relate this to existence of Killing vector fields. Then we discuss the impact of symmetry in the general case.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-11 Boris Kruglikov

We extend the celebrated theorem of Kellogg for conformal diffeomorphisms to the minimizers of Dirichlet energy. Namely we prove that a diffeomorphic minimiser of Dirichlet energy of Sobolev mappings between doubly connected Riemanian…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-12-02 David Kalaj

Comparing and recognizing metrics can be extraordinarily difficult because of the group of diffeomorphisms. Two metrics, that could even be the same, could look completely different in different coordinates. This is the gauge problem. The…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-21 Tobias Holck Colding , William P. Minicozzi

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 problem of distortion minimal morphing of $n$-dimensional compact connected oriented smooth manifolds without boundary embedded in $\R^{n+1}$. Distortion involves bending and stretching. In this paper, minimal distortion…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-11-17 Oksana Bihun , Carmen Chicone

A homogeneous two-dimensional metric including the degrees of freedom of Teichm\"uller deformation is developed. The Teichm\"uller deformation is incorporated by affine stretching of complex structure. According to Yamada's investigation by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-09 Masaru Siino

Moser proved in 1965 in his seminal paper that two volume forms on a compact manifold can be conjugated by a diffeomorphism, that is to say they are equivalent, if and only if their associated cohomology classes in the top cohomology group…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-09 Robert Cardona , Eva Miranda

We introduce a class of volume-contracting surface diffeomorphisms whose dynamics is intermediate between one-dimensional dynamics and general surface dynamics. For that type of systems one can associate to the dynamics a reduced…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-11-17 Sylvain Crovisier , Enrique Pujals

Shape optimization is commonly applied in engineering to optimize shapes with respect to an objective functional relying on PDE solutions. In this paper, we view shape optimization as optimization on Riemannian shape manifolds. We consider…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

The paper establishes the existence of homeomorphisms between two planar domains that minimize the Dirichlet energy. Specifically, among all homeomorphisms f : R -> R* between bounded doubly connected domains such that Mod (R) < Mod (R*)…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-12-16 Tadeusz Iwaniec , Ngin-Tee Koh , Leonid V. Kovalev , Jani Onninen

In this paper we give a complete topological classification of orientation preserving Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms on orientable closed surfaces. For MS diffeomorphisms with relatively simple behaviour it was known that such a classification…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-12-07 V. Z. Grines , O. V. Pochinka , S. van Strien

To understand the underlying degrees of freedom, near horizon symmetry analysis of a black has gain significant interest in the recent past. In this paper we generalized those analysis first by taking into account a generic null surface…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-03 Mousumi Maitra , Debaprasad Maity , Bibhas Ranjan Majhi

For an expanding (unstable) foliation of a diffeomorphism, we use a natural dynamical averaging to construct transverse measures, which we call \emph{maximal}, describing the statistics of how the iterates of a given leaf intersect the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Raul Ures , Marcelo Viana , Fan Yang , Jiagang Yang

We show the existence of a weak bi-invariant symmetric nondegenerate 2-form on the symplectic diffeomorphisms group $\mathcal{D}_\omega$ of a symplectic Riemannian manifold $(M,g,\omega)$ and study its properties. We describe the Euler's…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-21 N. K. Smolentsev

We develop a quantum statistical framework for passive optical surface metrology. Modelling a surface as an incoherent ensemble of point emitters imaged through a diffraction-limited system, we employ techniques from quantum parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Jernej Frank , George Brumpton , Tommaso Tufarelli , Gerardo Adesso , Samanta Piano

In this paper, the geometric properties of the conformal metric are studied and its exact solution of the geodesic deviation equation is presented. We also find out the stress-energy tensor of this geometry and compare it with the usual…

General Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 B. T. T. Wong

We establish a general min-max type theorem that produces minimal surfaces with prescribed genus in 3-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature. An important intermediate step is to show that, in a generic metric with positive Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Adrian Chun-Pong Chu , Yangyang Li , Zhihan Wang

Let $D^2$ be the open unit disc in the Euclidean plane and let $G:= Diff(D2; area)$ be the group of smooth compactly supported area-preserving diffeomorphisms of $D^2$. We investigate the properties of G endowed with the autonomous metric.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Michael Brandenbursky , Jarek Kedra