Geodesic completeness for Sobolev H s-metrics on the diffeomorphism group of the circle

authored by
Joachim Escher, Boris Kolev
Abstract

We prove that the weak Riemannian metric induced by the fractional Sobolev norm Hs on the diffeomorphism group of the circle is geodesically complete, provided that s > 3/2.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Applied Mathematics
External Organisation(s)
Universite d'Aix-Marseille
Type
Article
Journal
Journal of Evolution Equations
Volume
14
Pages
949-968
No. of pages
20
ISSN
1424-3199
Publication date
12.2014
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Mathematics (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00028-014-0245-3 (Access: Unknown)