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Shadow geometry at singular points of CAT(k) spaces

Metric Geometry 2023-11-17 v1

Abstract

In any CAT(k) space M, the "shadow" of a tangent vector Z at a point p is the set vectors that form an angle of \pi or more with Z. Taking logarithm maps at points approaching p along a fixed geodesic ray from p with tangent Z collapses the shadow to a single ray while leaving isometrically intact every convex cone that avoids the shadow of Z.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2311.09451,
  title  = {Shadow geometry at singular points of CAT(k) spaces},
  author = {Jonathan C. Mattingly and Ezra Miller and Do Tran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.09451},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

19 pages, 8 figures. This is the first in a four-part series leading to central limit theorems on stratified spaces

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