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Let M be a closed symplectic manifold, and let | | be a norm on the space of all smooth functions on M, which are zero-mean normalized with respect to the canonical volume form. We show that if | | is dominated from above by the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yaron Ostrover , Roy Wagner

In this paper we first show that the necessary condition introduced in our previous paper is also a sufficient condition for a path to be a geodesic in the group $\Ham^c(M)$ of compactly supported Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms. This…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-06-26 François Lalonde , Dusa McDuff

Chekanov showed that the Hofer norm on the Hamiltonian diffeomorphism group of a geometrically bounded symplectic manifold induces a nondegenerate metric on the orbit of any compact Lagrangian submanifold under the group. In this paper we…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-21 Michael Usher

We solve explicitly the geodesic equation for a wide class of (pseudo)-Riemannian homogeneous manifolds (G/H,m), including those with G compact, as well as non-compact semisimple Lie groups, under a simple algebraic condition for the metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Nikolaos Panagiotis Souris

Let $G$ be a Lie group equipped with a left-invariant Riemannian metric. Let $K$ be a semisimple and normal subgroup of $G$ generating a left-invariant conformal foliation $\F$ of on $G$. We then show that the foliation $\F$ is Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Thomas Jack Munn

Consider the group $\Ham^c(M)$ of compactly supported Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms of the symplectic manifold $(M,\om)$ with the Hofer $L^{\infty}$-norm. A path in $\Ham^c(M)$ will be called a geodesic if all sufficiently short pieces of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-06-26 François Lalonde , Dusa McDuff

In this paper we find connection between the Hofer's metric of the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a closed symplectic manifold, with an integral symplectic form, and the geometry, defined in a paper by Eliashberg and Polterovich,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gabi Ben Simon

Let $ G $ be a connected Lie group with real Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{g}$. Suppose $G$ is also a complex manifold. We obtain explicit holomorphic sectional and bisectional curvature formulas of left-invariant strongly pseudoconvex complex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Kuankuan Luo , Wei Xiao , Chunping Zhong

We prove that when Hodge theory survives on non-compact symplectic manifolds, a compact symplectic Lie group action having fixed points is necessarily Hamiltonian, provided the associated almost complex structure preserves the space of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Alvaro Pelayo , Tudor S. Ratiu

This paper studies the extension of the Hofer metric and general Finsler metrics on Hamiltonian symplectomorphism group $Ham(M,\omega)$ to the identity component $Symp_0(M,\omega)$ of symplectomorphism group. In particular, we prove that…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhigang Han

Let $G/K$ be an orbit of the adjoint representation of a compact connected Lie group $G$, $\sigma$ be an involutive automorphism of $G$ and $\tilde G$ be the Lie group of fixed points of $\sigma$. We find a sufficient condition for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Ihor V. Mykytyuk

We investigate the geometric and topological properties of the group of locally conformally symplectic (LCS) diffeomorphisms, utilizing the LCS flux homomorphism defined by S. Haller. By analyzing the flux map from the universal cover of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-03 S. Tchuiaga , F. Balibuno

Contact manifolds are odd-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a maximally non-integrable field of hyperplanes. They are intimately related to symplectic manifolds, i.e. even-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a closed…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Sheila Sandon

We study meromorphic actions of unipotent complex Lie groups on compact K\"ahler manifolds using moment map techniques. We introduce natural stability conditions and show that sets of semistable points are Zariski-open and admit geometric…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Daniel Greb , Christian Miebach

For a closed symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ with compatible Riemannian metric $g$ we study the Sobolev $H^1$ geometry of the group of all $H^s$ diffeomorphisms on $M$ which preserve the symplectic structure. We show that, for sufficiently…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-10 James Benn , Ali Suri

Let G be a Lie group equipped with a left-invariant semi-Riemannian metric. Let K be a semisimple subgroup of G generating a left-invariant conformal foliation F of codimension two on G. We then show that the foliation F is minimal. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-01 Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Thomas Jack Munn

In this paper, we define and study strong right-invariant sub-Riemannian structures on the group of diffeomorphisms of a manifold with bounded geometry. We derive the Hamiltonian geodesic equations for such structures, and we provide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-19 Sylvain Arguillere , Emmanuel Trélat

Let G be a complex semisimple Lie group, K a maximal compact subgroup and V an irreducible representation of K. Denote by M the unique closed orbit of G in P(V) and by O its image via the moment map. For any measure on M we construct a map…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-10 Leonardo Biliotti , Alessandro Ghigi

Geodesics on Riemannian manifolds are precisely the locally length-minimizing curves, but their explicit description via simple functions is rarely possible. Geodesics of the simplest form, such as lines on Euclidean space and great circles…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Nikolaos Panagiotis Souris

A homogeneous Riemannian space $(M= G/H,g)$ is called a geodesic orbit space (shortly, GO-space) if any geodesic is an orbit of one-parameter subgroup of the isometry group $G$. We study the structure of compact GO-spaces and give some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-30 D. V. Alekseevsky , Yu. G. Nikonorov