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Peter W. Michor

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Moser's theorem on manifolds with corners

Moser's theorem (1965) states that the diffeomorphism group of a compact manifold acts transitively on the space of all smooth positive densities with fixed volume. Here we describe the extension of this result to manifolds with corners. In particular we obtain Moser's theorem on simplices. The proof is based on Banyaga's paper (1974), where Moser's theorem is proven for manifolds with boundary. A cohomological interpretation of Banyaga's operator is given, which allows a proof of Lefschetz duality using differential forms.

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Manifolds of mappings and shapes

This is an overview article. In his Habilitationsvortrag, Riemann described infinite dimensional manifolds parameterizing functions and shapes of solids. This is taken as an excuse to describe convenient calculus in infinite dimensions which allows for short and transparent proofs of the main facts of the theory of manifolds of smooth mappings. Smooth manifolds of immersions, diffeomorphisms, and shapes, and weak Riemannian metrics on them are treated, culminating in the surprising fact, that geodesic distance can vanish completely for them.

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The exponential law for spaces of test functions and diffeomorphism groups

We prove the exponential law $\mathcal A(E \times F, G) \cong \mathcal A(E,\mathcal A(F,G))$ (bornological isomorphism) for the following classes $\mathcal A$ of test functions: $\mathcal B$ (globally bounded derivatives), $W^{\infty,p}$ (globally $p$-integrable derivatives), $\mathcal S$ (Schwartz space), $\mathcal D$ (compact sport, $\mathcal B^{[M]}$ (globally Denjoy_Carleman), $W^{[M],p}$ (Sobolev_Denjoy_Carleman), $\mathcal S_{[L]}^{[M]}$ (Gelfand_Shilov), and $\mathcal D^{[M]}$. Here $E, F, G$ are convenient vector spaces (finite dimensional in the cases of $W^{\infty,p}$, $\mathcal D$, $W^{[M],p}$, and $\mathcal D^{[M]})$, and $M=(M_k)$ is a weakly log-convex weight sequence of moderate growth. As application we give a new simple proof of the fact that the groups of diffeomorphisms $\operatorname{Diff} \mathcal B$, $\operatorname{Diff} W^{\infty,p}$, $\operatorname{Diff} \mathcal S$, and $\operatorname{Diff}\mathcal D$ are $C^\infty$ Lie groups, and $\operatorname{Diff} \mathcal B^{\{M\}}$, $\operatorname{Diff}W^{\{M\},p}$, $\operatorname{Diff} \mathcal S_{\{L\}}^{\{M\}}$, and $\operatorname{Diff}\mathcal D^{[M]}$, for non-quasianalytic $M$, are $C^{\{M\}}$ Lie groups, where $\operatorname{Diff}\mathcal A = \{\operatorname{Id} +f : f \in \mathcal A(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n), \inf_{x \in \mathbb R^n} \det(\mathbb I_n+ df(x))>0\}$. We also discuss stability under composition.

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Why Use Sobolev Metrics on the Space of Curves

We study reparametrization invariant Sobolev metrics on spaces of regular curves. We discuss their completeness properties and the resulting usability for applications in shape analysis. In particular, we will argue, that the development of efficient numerical methods for higher order Sobolev type metrics is an extremely desirable goal.

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The Convenient Setting for Denjoy--Carleman Differentiable Mappings of Beurling and Roumieu Type

We prove in a uniform way that all Denjoy--Carleman differentiable function classes of Beurling type $C^{(M)}$ and of Roumieu type $C^{\{M\}}$, admit a convenient setting if the weight sequence $M=(M_k)$ is log-convex and of moderate growth: For $\mathcal C$ denoting either $C^{(M)}$ or $C^{\{M\}}$, the category of $\mathcal C$-mappings is cartesian closed in the sense that $\mathcal C(E,\mathcal C(F,G))\cong \mathcal C(E\times F, G)$ for convenient vector spaces. Applications to manifolds of mappings are given: The group of $\mathcal C$-diffeomorphisms is a regular $\mathcal C$-Lie group if $\mathcal C \supseteq C^ω$, but not better.

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An exotic zoo of diffeomorphism groups on $\mathbb R^n$

Let $C^{[M]}$ be a (local) Denjoy-Carleman class of Beurling or Roumieu type, where the weight sequence $M=(M_k)$ is log-convex and has moderate growth. We prove that the groups ${\operatorname{Diff}}\mathcal{B}^{[M]}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, ${\operatorname{Diff}}W^{[M],p}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, ${\operatorname{Diff}}{\mathcal{S}}{}_{[L]}^{[M]}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, and ${\operatorname{Diff}}\mathcal{D}^{[M]}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of $C^{[M]}$-diffeomorphisms on $\mathbb{R}^n$ which differ from the identity by a mapping in $\mathcal{B}^{[M]}$ (global Denjoy--Carleman), $W^{[M],p}$ (Sobolev-Denjoy-Carleman), ${\mathcal{S}}{}_{[L]}^{[M]}$ (Gelfand--Shilov), or $\mathcal{D}^{[M]}$ (Denjoy-Carleman with compact support) are $C^{[M]}$-regular Lie groups. As an application we use the $R$-transform to show that the Hunter-Saxton PDE on the real line is well-posed in any of the classes $W^{[M],1}$, ${\mathcal{S}}{}_{[L]}^{[M]}$, and $\mathcal{D}^{[M]}$. Here we find some surprising groups with continuous left translations and $C^{[M]}$ right translations (called half-Lie groups), which, however, also admit $R$-transforms.

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Geodesic Completeness for Sobolev Metrics on the Space of Immersed Plane Curves

We study properties of Sobolev-type metrics on the space of immersed plane curves. We show that the geodesic equation for Sobolev-type metrics with constant coefficients of order 2 and higher is globally well-posed for smooth initial data as well as initial data in certain Sobolev spaces. Thus the space of closed plane curves equipped with such a metric is geodesically complete. We find lower bounds for the geodesic distance in terms of curvature and its derivatives.

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The homogeneous Sobolev metric of order one on diffeomorphism groups on the real line

In this article we study Sobolev metrics of order one on diffeomorphism groups on the real line. We prove that the space $\operatorname{Diff}_{1}(\mathbb R)$ equipped with the homogenous Sobolev metric of order one is a flat space in the sense of Riemannian geometry, as it is isometric to an open subset of a mapping space equipped with the flat $L^2$-metric. Here $\operatorname{Diff}_{1}(\mathbb R)$ denotes the extension of the group of all either compactly supported, rapidly decreasing or $H^\infty$-diffeomorphisms, that allows for a shift towards infinity. In particular this result provides an analytic solution formula for the corresponding geodesic equation, the non-periodic Hunter-Saxton equation. In addition we show that one can obtain a similar result for the two-component Hunter-Saxton equation and discuss the case of the non-homogenous Sobolev one metric which is related to the Camassa-Holm equation.

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Constructing reparametrization invariant metrics on spaces of plane curves

Metrics on shape space are used to describe deformations that take one shape to another, and to determine a distance between them. We study a family of metrics on the space of curves, that includes several recently proposed metrics, for which the metrics are characterised by mappings into vector spaces where geodesics can be easily computed. This family consists of Sobolev-type Riemannian metrics of order one on the space $\text{Imm}(S^1,\mathbb R^2)$ of parametrized plane curves and the quotient space $\text{Imm}(S^1,\mathbb R^2)/\text{Diff}(S^1)$ of unparametrized curves. For the space of open parametrized curves we find an explicit formula for the geodesic distance and show that the sectional curvatures vanish on the space of parametrized and are non-negative on the space of unparametrized open curves. For the metric, which is induced by the "R-transform", we provide a numerical algorithm that computes geodesics between unparameterised, closed curves, making use of a constrained formulation that is implemented numerically using the RATTLE algorithm. We illustrate the algorithm with some numerical tests that demonstrate it's efficiency and robustness.

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$R$-transforms for Sobolev $H^2$-metrics on spaces of plane curves

We consider spaces of smooth immersed plane curves (modulo translations and/or rotations), equipped with reparameterization invariant weak Riemannian metrics involving second derivatives. This includes the full $H^2$-metric without zero order terms. We find isometries (called $R$-transforms) from some of these spaces into function spaces with simpler weak Riemannian metrics, and we use this to give explicit formulas for geodesics, geodesic distances, and sectional curvatures. We also show how to utilise the isometries to compute geodesics numerically.

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Overview of the Geometries of Shape Spaces and Diffeomorphism Groups

This article provides an overview of various notions of shape spaces, including the space of parametrized and unparametrized curves, the space of immersions, the diffeomorphism group and the space of Riemannian metrics. We discuss the Riemannian metrics that can be defined thereon, and what is known about the properties of these metrics. We put particular emphasis on the induced geodesic distance, the geodesic equation and its well-posedness, geodesic and metric completeness and properties of the curvature.

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On Euler's equation and `EPDiff'

We study a family of approximations to Euler's equation depending on two parameters $\varepsilon,η\ge 0$. When $\varepsilon=η=0$ we have Euler's equation and when both are positive we have instances of the class of integro-differential equations called EPDiff in imaging science. These are all geodesic equations on either the full diffeomorphism group $\operatorname{Diff}_{H^\infty}(\mathbb R^n)$ or, if $\varepsilon = 0$, its volume preserving subgroup. They are defined by the right invariant metric induced by the norm on vector fields given by $$ \|v\|_{\varepsilon,η} = \int_{\mathbb R^n} dx $$ where $L_{\varepsilon,η} = (I-\tfrac{η^2}{p} \triangle)^p \circ (I-\tfrac1{\varepsilon^2} \nabla \circ ÷)$. All geodesic equations are locally well-posed, and the $L_{\varepsilon,η}$-equation admits solutions for all time if $η>0$ and $p\ge (n+3)/2$. We tie together solutions of all these equations by estimates which, however, are only local in time. This approach leads to a new notion of momentum which is transported by the flow and serves as a generalization of vorticity. We also discuss how delta distribution momenta lead to "vortex-solitons", also called "landmarks" in imaging science, and to new numeric approximations to fluids.

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A zoo of diffeomorphism groups on $\mathbb R^n$

We consider the groups $\operatorname{Diff}_{\mathcal B}(\mathbb R^n)$, $\operatorname{Diff}_{H^\infty}(\mathbb R^n)$, and $\operatorname{Diff}_{\mathcal S}(\mathbb R^n)$ of smooth diffeomorphisms on $\mathbb R^n$ which differ from the identity by a function which is in either $\mathcal B$ (bounded in all derivatives), $H^\infty = \bigcap_{k\ge 0}H^k$, or $\mathcal S$ (rapidly decreasing). We show that all these groups are smooth regular Lie groups.

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Almost local metrics on shape space of hypersurfaces in n-space

This paper extends parts of the results from [P.W.Michor and D. Mumford, \emph{Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal.,} 23 (2007), pp. 74--113] for plane curves to the case of hypersurfaces in $\mathbb R^n$. Let $M$ be a compact connected oriented $n-1$ dimensional manifold without boundary like the sphere or the torus. Then shape space is either the manifold of submanifolds of $\mathbb R^n$ of type $M$, or the orbifold of immersions from $M$ to $\mathbb R^n$ modulo the group of diffeomorphisms of $M$. We investigate almost local Riemannian metrics on shape space. These are induced by metrics of the following form on the space of immersions: $$ G_f(h,k) = \int_{M} Φ(\on{Vol}(f),\operatorname{Tr}(L))\g(h, k) \operatorname{vol}(f^*\g),$$ where $\g$ is the Euclidean metric on $\mathbb R^n$, $f^*\g$ is the induced metric on $M$, $h,k\in C^\infty(M,\mathbb R^n)$ are tangent vectors at $f$ to the space of embeddings or immersions, where $Φ:\mathbb R^2\to \mathbb R_{>0}$ is a suitable smooth function, $\operatorname{Vol}(f) = \int_M\operatorname{vol}(f^*\g)$ is the total hypersurface volume of $f(M)$, and the trace $\operatorname{Tr}(L)$ of the Weingarten mapping is the mean curvature. For these metrics we compute the geodesic equations both on the space of immersions and on shape space, the conserved momenta arising from the obvious symmetries, and the sectional curvature. For special choices of $Φ$ we give complete formulas for the sectional curvature. Numerical experiments illustrate the behavior of these metrics.

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Sobolev Metrics on Diffeomorphism Groups and the Derived Geometry of Spaces of Submanifolds

Given a finite dimensional manifold $N$, the group $\operatorname{Diff}_{\mathcal S}(N)$ of diffeomorphism of $N$ which fall suitably rapidly to the identity, acts on the manifold $B(M,N)$ of submanifolds on $N$ of diffeomorphism type $M$ where $M$ is a compact manifold with $\dim M<\dim N$. For a right invariant weak Riemannian metric on $\operatorname{Diff}_{\mathcal S}(N)$ induced by a quite general operator $L:\frak X_{\mathcal S}(N)\to Γ(T^*N\otimes\operatorname{vol}(N))$, we consider the induced weak Riemannian metric on $B(M,N)$ and we compute its geodesics and sectional curvature. For that we derive a covariant formula for curvature in finite and infinite dimensions, we show how it makes O'Neill's formula very transparent, and we use it finally to compute sectional curvature on $B(M,N)$.

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Sobolev Metrics on Shape Space, II: Weighted Sobolev Metrics and Almost Local Metrics

In continuation of [3] we discuss metrics of the form $$ G^P_f(h,k)=\int_M \sum_{i=0}^pΦ_i(\Vol(f)) \g((P_i)_fh,k) \vol(f^*\g) $$ on the space of immersions $\Imm(M,N)$ and on shape space $B_i(M,N)=\Imm(M,N)/\on{Diff}(M)$. Here $(N,\g)$ is a complete Riemannian manifold, $M$ is a compact manifold, $f:M\to N$ is an immersion, $h$ and $k$ are tangent vectors to $f$ in the space of immersions, $f^*\g$ is the induced Riemannian metric on $M$, $\vol(f^*\g)$ is the induced volume density on $M$, $\Vol(f)=\int_M\vol(f^*\g)$, $Φ_i$ are positive real-valued functions, and $(P_i)_f$ are operators like some power of the Laplacian $Δ^{f^*\g}$. We derive the geodesic equations for these metrics and show that they are sometimes well-posed with the geodesic exponential mapping a local diffeomorphism. The new aspect here are the weights $\Ph_i(\Vol(f))$ which we use to construct scale invariant metrics and order 0 metrics with positive geodesic distance. We treat several concrete special cases in detail.

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Sobolev metrics on the manifold of all Riemannian metrics

On the manifold $\Met(M)$ of all Riemannian metrics on a compact manifold $M$ one can consider the natural $L^2$-metric as described first by \cite{Ebin70}. In this paper we consider variants of this metric which in general are of higher order. We derive the geodesic equations, we show that they are well-posed under some conditions and induce a locally diffeomorphic geodesic exponential mapping. We give a condition when Ricci flow is a gradient flow for one of these metrics.

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