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- Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Added some comments on the Jacobi-Darboux theorem
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
Added some comments on the Jacobi-Darboux theorem
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diff --git a/sections/applications.tex b/sections/applications.tex @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Morse index theorem and the Jacobi-Darboux theorem. We start by defining\dots variational vector field of \(\{ \gamma_t \}_t\)}. \end{definition} -We should note that the previous definition encompasses the classical definition -of a variation of a curve, as defined in \cite[ch.~5]{gorodski} for instance: -any piece-wise smooth function \(H : I \times (-\epsilon, \epsilon) \to M\) -determines a variation \(\{ \gamma_t \}_t\) as in +We should note that the previous definition encompasses the classical +definition of a variation of a curve, as defined in \cite[ch.~5]{gorodski} for +instance: any piece-wise smooth function \(H : I \times (-\epsilon, \epsilon) +\to M\) determines a variation \(\{ \gamma_t \}_t\) as in definition~\ref{def:variation} given by \(\gamma_t(s) = H(s, t)\). This is representative of the theory that lies ahead, in the sense that most of the results we'll discuss in the following are minor refinements to the classical @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ point with the notion of focal points of \(N\) -- see theorem 7.5.4 of \cite{gorodski} for the classical approach. What we are really interested in, however, is the following consequence of Morse's theorem. -\begin{theorem}[Jacobi-Darboux] +\begin{theorem}[Jacobi-Darboux]\label{thm:jacobi-darboux} Let \(\gamma \in \Omega_{p q} M\) be a critical point of \(E\). \begin{enumerate} \item If there are no conjugate points of \(\gamma\) then there exists a @@ -539,3 +539,20 @@ however, is the following consequence of Morse's theorem. we find that \(E(i(v)) < E(\gamma)\) for sufficiently small \(\delta\). In particular, \(\ell(i(v)) \le E(i(v))^2 < E(\gamma)^2 = \ell(\gamma)\). \end{proof} + +We should point out that part \textbf{(i)} of theorem~\ref{thm:jacobi-darboux} +is weaker than the classical formulation of the Jacobi-Darboux theorem -- such +as in theorem 5.5.3 of \cite{gorodski} for example -- in two aspects. First, we +do not compare the length of curves in question. This could be amended by +showing that the length functional \(\ell : H^1(I, M) \to \RR\) is smooth and +that its Hessian \(d^2 \ell_\gamma\) is given by \(C \cdot d^2 E_\gamma\) for +some \(C > 0\). + +Secondly, inlike the classical formulation we only consider curves in an +\(H^1\)-neighborhood of \(\gamma\) -- instead of a neighborhood of \(\gamma\) +in \(\Omega_{p q} M\) in the uniform topology. On the other hand, part +\textbf{(ii)} is definitevely an improvement of the classical formulation: we +can find curves \(\eta = i(v)\) shorter than \(\gamma\) already in an +\(H^1\)-neighborhood of \(\gamma\). + +We hope that short notes could provide the reader