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Finished describing the charts of H¹(I, M)
Riemannian Geometry course project on the manifold H¹(I, M) of class H¹ curves on a Riemannian manifold M and its applications to the geodesics problem
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diff --git a/sections/structure.tex b/sections/structure.tex @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ \section{The Structure of \(H^1(I, M)\)}\label{sec:structure} -As promised, in this section we will highlight the differential and Riemannian -structures of the space \(H^1(I, M)\) of class \(H^1\) curves in a complete -finite-dimensional Riemannian manifold \(M\). The first question we should ask -ourselves is an obvious one: what is \(H^1(I, M)\)? Specifically, what is a -class \(H^1\) curve in \(M\)? +Throughout this sections let \(M\) be a complete finite-dimensional Riemannian +manifold. As promised, in this section we will highlight the differential and +Riemannian structures of the space \(H^1(I, M)\) of class \(H^1\) curves in a +\(M\). The first question we should ask ourselves is an obvious one: what is +\(H^1(I, M)\)? Specifically, what is a class \(H^1\) curve in \(M\)? Given an interval \(I\), recall that a continuous curve \(\gamma : I \to \RR^n\) is called \emph{a class \(H^1\)} curve if \(\gamma\) is absolutely @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ approximating the curve with ``staircase curves'' \(\gamma_n : I \to \RR^n\) for larger and larger values of \(n\), as shown in figure~\ref{fig:step-curves}: clearly \(\gamma_n \to \gamma\) in the uniform topology, but \(\ell(\gamma_n) = 2\) does not -approach \(\ell(\gamma) = \sqrt 2\) as \(n\) approachs \(\infty\). +approach \(\ell(\gamma) = \sqrt 2\) as \(n\) approaches \(\infty\). \begin{figure}[h]\label{fig:step-curves} \centering @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ approach \(\ell(\gamma) = \sqrt 2\) as \(n\) approachs \(\infty\). \draw (2, 4.2) -- (2, 4.4); \node[above] at (1.5, 4.3) {$\sfrac{1}{n}$}; \end{tikzpicture} - \caption{A diagonal line representing the curve \(\gamma\) overlaps a - staircase-like curve \(\gamma_n\), whose steps measure \(\sfrac{1}{n}\) in + \caption{A diagonal line representing the curve $\gamma$ overlaps a + staircase-like curve $\gamma_n$, whose steps measure $\sfrac{1}{n}$ in width and height.} \end{figure} @@ -92,22 +92,163 @@ topology. This hints at the fact that in order to \(E\) and \(\ell\) to be continuous maps we need to control both \(\gamma\) and \(\dot\gamma\). Hence a natural candidate for a norm in \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) is \[ - \norm{\gamma}_1^2 = \norm{\gamma}_2^2 + \norm{\dot\gamma}_2^2, + \norm{\gamma}_1^2 = \norm{\gamma}_0^2 + \norm{\dot\gamma}_0^2, \] which is, of course, the norm induced by the inner product \(\langle \, , -\rangle_1\) -- here \(\norm{\cdot}_2\) denote the norm of \(L^2(I, \RR^n)\). +\rangle_1\) -- here \(\norm{\cdot}_0\) denote the norm of \(L^2(I, \RR^n)\). The other issue we face is one of completeness. Since \(\RR^n\) has a global chart, we to expect \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) to be affine too. In other words, it is natural to expect \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) to be Banach space. In particular, \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) must be a normed Banach space. This is -unfortunately not the case for the norm \(\norm{ \cdot }_1\), but we can -consider its completion \(\bar{{C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)}\). A classical result by -Lebesgue establish that \(\bar{{C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)} \cong H^1(I, \RR^n)\). +unfortunately not the case for \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) the norm +\(\norm\cdot_1\), but we can consider its completion, which, by a classical +result by Lebesgue, just so happens to coincide with \(H^1(I, M)\). -This hopefully motivates our choice to consider class \(H^1\) maps in \(M\), -but the is still a number of questions we need tackle. In particular, what -should \(H^1(I, M)\) be modeled after? What are the charts of \(H^1(I, M)\)? -This will be the focus of our next subsection. +It's also interesting to note that the completion of \({C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n)\) +with respect to the norm \(\norm\cdot_\infty\) is the space \(C^0(I, \RR^n)\) +of all continuous curves \(I \to \RR^n\), and that the natural inclusions +\begin{equation}\label{eq:continuous-inclusions-rn-curves} + {C'}^\infty(I, \RR^n) + \longhookrightarrow H^1(I, \RR^n) + \longhookrightarrow C^0(I, \RR^n) +\end{equation} +are continuous. + +This can be seen as a particular case of a more general result regarding spaces +of sections of vector bundles over the unit interval \(I\). Explicitly, we +find\dots + +\begin{proposition} + Given an Euclidean bundle \(E \to I\) -- i.e. a vector bundle endowed with a + Riemannian metric -- the space \(H^1(E)\) of all class class \(H^1\) sections + of \(E\) is the completion of the space \({C'}^\infty(E)\) of peace-wise + smooth sections of \(E\) under the inner product given by + \[ + \langle \xi, \eta \rangle_1 + = \int_0^1 \langle \xi_t, \eta_t \rangle + + \langle \nabla \xi_t, \nabla \eta_t \rangle \; \dt + \] +\end{proposition} + +\begin{proposition} + Given an Euclidean bundle \(E \to I\), the space \(C^0(E)\) of all continuous + sections of \(E\) is is the completion of \({C'}^\infty(E)\) under the norm + given by + \[ + \norm{\xi}_\infty = \sup_t \norm{\xi_t} + \] +\end{proposition} + +\begin{proposition}\label{thm:continuous-inclusions-sections} + Given an Euclidean bundle \(E \to I\), the inclusions + \[ + {C'}^\infty(E) \longhookrightarrow H^1(E) \longhookrightarrow C^0(E) + \] + are continuous. More precisely, \(\norm{\xi}_\infty \le \sqrt 2 + \norm{\xi}_1\). +\end{proposition} + +\begin{proof} + Fix \(\xi \in H^1(E)\) and \(t_0, t_1 \in I\) with \(\norm{\xi}_0 \ge + \norm{\xi_{t_0}}\) and \(\norm{\xi}_\infty = \norm{\xi_{t_1}}\). + Then + \[ + \begin{split} + \norm{\xi}_\infty^2 + & = \norm{\xi_{t_0}}^2 + + \int_{t_0}^{t_1} \frac{\dd}{\dd s} \norm{\xi_s}^2 \; \dd s \\ + \text{(\(\nabla\) is compatible with the metric)} + & = \norm{\xi_{t_0}}^2 + + 2 \int_{t_0}^{t_1} \langle \xi_s, \nabla \xi_s \rangle \; \dd s \\ + \text{(Cauchy-Schwarz)} + & \le \norm{\xi_{t_0}}^2 + + 2 \int_0^1 \norm{\xi_s} \cdot \norm{\nabla \xi_s} \; \dd s \\ + & \le \norm{\xi}_0^2 + \norm{\xi}_0^2 + \norm{\nabla \xi}_0^2 \\ + & \le 2 \norm{\xi}_1^2 + \end{split} + \] +\end{proof} + +\begin{note} + Apply proposition~\ref{thm:continuous-inclusions-sections} to the bundle \(I + \times \RR^n \to I\) to get the continuity of the maps in + (\ref{eq:continuous-inclusions-rn-curves}). +\end{note} + +We are particularly interested in the case of the pullback bundle \(E = +\gamma^* TM \to I\), where \(\gamma : I \to M\) is a peace-wise smooth curve. +\begin{center} + \begin{tikzcd} + \gamma^* TM \arrow{r} \arrow[swap]{d}{\pi} & TM \arrow{d}{\pi} \\ + I \arrow[swap]{r}{\gamma} & M + \end{tikzcd} +\end{center} + +We now have all the necessary tools to describe the differential structure of +\(H^1(I, M)\). \subsection{The Charts of \(H^1(I, M)\)} + +We begin with a technical lemma. + +\begin{lemma}\label{thm:section-in-open-is-open} + Let \(W \subset TM\) be an open neighborhood of the zero section in \(TM\). + Given \(\gamma \in {C'}^\infty(I, M)\), denote by \(W_{\gamma, t}\) the set \(W + \cap T_\gamma(t) M\) and let \(W_\gamma = \bigcup_t W_{\gamma, t}\). Then + \(H^1(W_\gamma) = \{ X \in H^1(\gamma^* TM) : X_t \in W_{\gamma, t} \; + \forall t \}\) is an open subset of \(H^1(\gamma^* TM)\). +\end{lemma} + +\begin{proof} + Let \(C^0(W_\gamma) = \{ X \in C^0(\gamma^* TM) : X_t \in W_{\gamma, t} \; + \forall t \}\). We claim \(C^0(W_\gamma)\) is open in \(C^0(\gamma^* TM)\). + Indeed, given \(X \in C^0(W_\gamma)\) there exists \(\delta > 0\) such + that + \[ + \begin{split} + \norm{X - Y}_\infty < \delta + & \implies \norm{X_t - Y_t} < \delta \; \forall t \\ + & \implies Y_t \in W_{\gamma, t} \; \forall t \\ + & \implies Y \in C^0(W_\gamma) + \end{split} + \] + + Finally, notice that \(H^1(W_\gamma)\) is the inverse image of + \(C^0(W_\gamma)\) under the continuous inclusion \(H^1(\gamma^* TM) + \longhookrightarrow C^0(\gamma^* TM)\) and is therefore open. +\end{proof} + +Let \(W \subset TM\) be an open neighborhood of the zero section in \(TM\) +such that \(\exp\!\restriction_W : W \to \exp(W)\) is invertible -- whose +existence is given by the fact that \(M\) is complete. + +\begin{definition} + Given \(\gamma \in {C'}^\infty(I, M)\) let \(W_\gamma, W_{\gamma, t} \subset + \gamma^* TM\) be as in lemma~\ref{thm:section-in-open-is-open}, define + \[ + \arraycolsep=1pt + \begin{array}{rl} + \exp_\gamma : H^1(W_\gamma) & \to H^1(I, M) \\ + X & + \begin{array}[t]{rl} + \mapsto \exp \circ X : I & \to M \\ + t & \mapsto \exp_{\gamma(t)}(X_t) + \end{array} + \end{array} + \] + and let \(U_\gamma = \exp_\gamma(H^1(W_\gamma))\). +\end{definition} + +Finally, we find\dots + +\begin{theorem} + Given \(\gamma \in {C'}^\infty(I, M)\), the map \(\exp_\gamma : H^1(W_\gamma) + \to U_\gamma\) is bijective. The collection \(\{(U_\gamma, \exp_\gamma^{-1} : + U_\gamma \to H^1(\gamma^* TM))\}_{\gamma \in {C'}^\infty(I, M)}\) is an atlas + for \(H^1(I, M)\) under the final topology of the maps \(\exp_\gamma\). This + atlas gives \(H^1(\gamma^* TM)\) the structure of a \emph{separable} Hilbert + manifold. +\end{theorem} + +It should be obvious from the definition