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Markovian Connection, Curvature and Weitzenböck Formula on Riemannian Path Spaces

Shizan Fang

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Riemann curvature tensorCurvature of Riemannian manifoldsMathematical analysisConnection (mathematics)symbols.namesakeLaplace–Beltrami operatorsymbolsCurvature formSectional curvatureMathematics::Differential GeometryAnalysisRicci curvatureMathematicsScalar curvature

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Abstract We shall consider on a Riemannian path space P m o ( M ) the Cruzeiro–Malliavin's Markovian connection. The Laplace operator will be defined as the divergence of the gradient. We shall compute explicitly the associated curvature tensor. A Weitzenbock formula will be established. To this end, we shall introduce an “inner product” between the tangent processes and simple vector fields.

10.1006/jfan.2000.3719http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jfan.2000.3719