Search results for "Tangent bundle"

On the volume of unit vector fields on spaces of constant sectional curvature

2004

A unit vector field X on a Riemannian manifold determines a submanifold in the unit tangent bundle. The volume of X is the volume of this submanifold for the induced Sasaki metric. It is known that the parallel fields are the trivial minima.

Covariant phase space quantization of the Jackiw-Teitelboim model of two-dimensional gravity

1992

Abstract On the basis of the covariant phase space formulation of field theory we analyze the Jackiw-Teitelboim model of two-dimensional gravity on a cylinder. We compute explicitly the symplectic structure showing that the (reduced) phase space is the cotangent bundle of the space of conjugacy classes of the PSL(2, R ) group. This makes it possible to quantize the theory exactly. The Hilbert space is given by the character functions of the PSL (2, R ) group. As a byproduct, this implies the complete equivalence with the PSL (2, R )-topological gravity model.

Actions de IR et courbure de ricci du Fibré unitaire tangent des surfaces

1986

Characterisation of 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds (M, g) (in particular, of surfaces with constant gaussian curvatureK=1/c2, o,−1/c2, respectively) whose tangent circle bundle (TcM, gs) (gs=Sasaki metric) admit an «almost-regular» vector field belonging to an eigenspace of the Ricci operator.

Numerical Kodaira Dimension

2014

In this chapter we study, following [30] , the first properties of the Zariski decomposition of the cotangent bundle of a nonrational foliation. In particular, we shall give a detailed description of the negative part of that Zariski decomposition, and we shall obtain a detailed classification of foliations whose Zariski decomposition is reduced to its negative part (i.e. foliations of numerical Kodaira dimension 0). We shall also discuss the “singular” point of view adopted in [30].

The Rationality Criterion

2014

In this chapter we explain a remarkable theorem of Miyaoka [32] which asserts that a foliation whose cotangent bundle is not pseudoeffective is a foliation by rational curves. The original Miyaoka’s proof can be thought as a foliated version of Mori’s technique of construction of rational curves by deformations of morphisms in positive characteristic [33].

Closed star products and cyclic cohomology

1992

We define the notion of a closed star product. A (generalized) star product (deformation of the associative product of functions on a symplectic manifold W) is closed iff integration over W is a trace on the deformed algebra. We show that for these products the cyclic cohomology replaces the Hochschild cohomology in usual star products. We then define the character of a closed star product as the cohomology class (in the cyclic bicomplex) of a well-defined cocycle, and show that, in the case of pseudodifferential operators (standard ordering on the cotangent bundle to a compact Riemannian manifold), the character is defined and given by the Todd class, while in general it fails to satisfy t…

Spacelike energy of timelike unit vector fields on a Lorentzian manifold

2004

On a Lorentzian manifold, we define a new functional on the space of unit timelike vector fields given by the L2 norm of the restriction of the covariant derivative of the vector field to its orthogonal complement. This spacelike energy is related with the energy of the vector field as a map on the tangent bundle endowed with the Kaluza–Klein metric, but it is more adapted to the situation. We compute the first and second variation of the functional and we exhibit several examples of critical points on cosmological models as generalized Robertson–Walker spaces and Godel universe, on Einstein and contact manifolds and on Lorentzian Berger’s spheres. For these critical points we have also stu…

A historical account on characterizations ofC1-manifolds in Euclidean spaces by tangent cones

2014

Abstract A historical account on characterizations of C 1 -manifolds in Euclidean spaces by tangent cones is provided. Old characterizations of smooth manifold (by tangent cones), due to Valiron (1926, 1927) and Severi (1929, 1934) are recovered; modern characterizations, due to Gluck (1966, 1968) and Tierno (1997) are restated. All these results are consequences of the Four-cones coincidence theorem due to [1] .

Classification and stable classification of manifolds: some examples

1984

Kähler manifolds with split tangent bundle

2006

( Varietes kahleriennes a fibre tangent scinde). - On etudie dans cet article les varietes kahleriennes compactes dont le fibre tangent se decompose en somme directe de sous-fibres. En particulier, on montre que si le fibre tangent se decompose en somme directe de sous-fibres en droites, alors la variete est uniformisee par un produit de courbes. Les methodes sont issues de la theorie des feuilletages de (co)dimension 1.