The Riemannian metric of an (Isom X, X)-manifold #
Let X be a Riemannian manifold and M an (Isom X, X)-manifold: a space with an X-valued
atlas whose transition maps are locally Riemannian isometries of X
([ChartedSpace X M] [HasGroupoid M (smulGroupoid (Isom I X) X)]). For a model geometry X,
this is a geometric structure on M modelled on X. Such an M inherits a Riemannian metric
from X: read the metric of X through any chart. The transition maps preserve the metric of
X, so the result does not depend on the chart, and it is the unique metric on M for which every
chart is a local isometry. This is the metric with respect to which completeness of the geometric
structure is measured (Thurston, Proposition 3.4.15).
Throughout, M carries the composite charts ChartedSpace.comp H X M, obtained by following
its X-valued charts with the charts of X; this is the smooth structure of
isManifold_of_hasGroupoid_smulGroupoid, and it is not an instance, so the statements install it
with letI. A (G, X)-manifold for a group G acting on X through Riemannian isometries is an
(Isom X, X)-manifold by smulGroupoid_le, so everything here applies to it.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.chartRiemannianMetric: the metric ofXread onMthrough the preferred charts.TauCeti.contMDiffChartRiemannianMetric: the same metric, bundled with its smoothness: it isC^nwhenever the metric ofXis.
Main results #
TauCeti.chartRiemannianMetric_inner: atx, the metric is the metric ofXpulled back along the derivative of the preferred chart atx.TauCeti.inner_mfderiv_of_mem_atlas: every chart ofMis a local isometry toX.TauCeti.eq_chartRiemannianMetric_iff: the metric read through the charts is the only Riemannian metric onMfor which every chart is a local isometry.TauCeti.isContMDiffRiemannianBundle_chartRiemannianMetric: installed as the Riemannian bundle structure ofM, the metric isC^nwhenever the metric ofXis.TauCeti.isLocalRiemannianIsometry_restrict_of_mem_atlas: a chart ofM, restricted to its source, is a local Riemannian isometry toX.
References #
- W. P. Thurston, Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Vol. 1, Princeton University Press,
1997, Section 3.3 ((G, X)-manifolds) and Section 3.4 (the metric a (G, X)-manifold inherits from
a
G-invariant metric onX, Proposition 3.4.15).
The metric read through the charts #
The Riemannian metric of X read on M through its preferred X-valued charts: at x, it is
the inner product of X at chartAt X x x. The tangent spaces of M are those of the composite
charts ChartedSpace.comp H X M.
Instances For
At x, the metric read through the charts is the metric of X pulled back along the
derivative of the preferred chart at x.
Every chart of an (Isom X, X)-manifold is a local isometry from the metric read through the
charts to the metric of X.
The metric read through the charts is the only Riemannian metric on an (Isom X, X)-manifold
for which every chart is a local isometry to X.
Smoothness #
The metric of an (Isom X, X)-manifold read through its charts, bundled as a C^n Riemannian
metric for the smooth structure of the composite charts, when the metric of X is C^n.
Instances For
The inner product of contMDiffChartRiemannianMetric is that of the metric read through the
charts.
Forgetting smoothness of contMDiffChartRiemannianMetric gives the metric read through the
charts.
Installed as the Riemannian bundle structure of an (Isom X, X)-manifold, the metric read
through the charts is C^n whenever the metric of X is.
Charts as local isometries #
A chart e of an (Isom X, X)-manifold, restricted to its source, is a local Riemannian
isometry from the chart metric restricted to the source to the metric of X.