Transverse Manifold Research Articles

Partial data inverse problems for magnetic Schrödinger operators on conformally transversally anisotropic manifolds

We study inverse boundary problems for the magnetic Schrödinger operator with Hölder continuous magnetic potentials and continuous electric potentials on a conformally transversally anisotropic Riemannian manifold of dimension n ⩾ 3 with connected boundary. A global uniqueness result is established for magnetic fields and electric potentials from the partial Cauchy data on the boundary of the manifold provided that the geodesic X-ray transform on the transversal manifold is injective.

Linearized Calderón problem and exponentially accurate quasimodes for analytic manifolds

In this article we study the linearized anisotropic Calderón problem on a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. This problem amounts to showing that products of pairs of harmonic functions of the manifold form a complete set. We assume that the manifold is transversally anisotropic and that the transversal manifold is real analytic and satisfies a geometric condition related to the geometry of pairs of intersecting geodesics. In this case, we solve the linearized anisotropic Calderón problem. The geometric condition does not involve the injectivity of the geodesic X-ray transform. Crucial ingredients in the proof of our result are the construction of Gaussian beam quasimodes on the transversal manifold, with exponentially small errors, as well as the FBI transform characterization of the analytic wave front set.

Exploring the black hole spectrum of axionic Horndeski theory

We provide a ``user-friendly'' algorithm to systematically and rapidly obtain exact planar black hole solutions in the Einstein-Maxwell theory deformed by the most general shift- and reflection-symmetric Horndeski sector where the usual Galileon is replaced by a tuple of scalars with profiles linear in the coordinates of the transverse manifold. Under precise assumptions, these axion backgrounds break the translational invariance of the system, causing momentum dissipation in the holographically dual field theory. The success of the method relies on the simple realization that the bulk equations of motion become more tractable when written in terms of the axions kinetic terms, instead of the radial coordinate. Showcasing this particularly efficient recipe, we derive novel asymptotically AdS black holes, and show that their extremal counterparts always flow to an $\mathrm{AdS}_2\times \mathbb{R}^2$ infrared fixed point. Additionally, we report an interesting family of new asymptotically Lifshitz black hole solutions with $z>1$. Finally, we discuss the DC transport properties of the dual relativistic field theories in view of possible applications to condensed matter systems.

Reconstruction in the Calderón problem on conformally transversally anisotropic manifolds

We show that a continuous potential q can be constructively determined from the knowledge of the Dirichlet–to–Neumann map for the Schrödinger operator −Δg+q on a conformally transversally anisotropic manifold of dimension ≥3, provided that the geodesic ray transform on the transversal manifold is constructively invertible. This is a constructive counterpart of the uniqueness result of [12]. A crucial role in our reconstruction procedure is played by a constructive determination of the boundary traces of suitable complex geometric optics solutions based on Gaussian beams quasimodes concentrated along non-tangential geodesics on the transversal manifold, which enjoy uniqueness properties. This is achieved by applying the simplified version of the approach of [33] to our setting. We also identify the main space introduced in [33] with a standard Sobolev space on the boundary of the manifold. Another ingredient in the proof of our result is a reconstruction formula for the boundary trace of a continuous potential from the knowledge of the Dirichlet–to–Neumann map.

On Ricci curvature of metric structures on [formula omitted]-manifolds

We study the properties of Ricci curvature of g-manifolds with particular attention paid to higher dimensional abelian Lie algebra case. The relations between Ricci curvature of the manifold and the Ricci curvature of the transverse manifold of the characteristic foliation are investigated. In particular, sufficient conditions are found under which the g-manifold can be a Ricci soliton or a gradient Ricci soliton. Finally, we obtain a amazing (non-existence) higher dimensional generalization of the Boyer-Galicki theorem on Einstein K-manifolds for a special class of abelian g-manifolds.

Chaos in Cartan foliations.

Chaotic foliations generalize Devaney's concept of chaos for dynamical systems. The property of a foliation to be chaotic is transversal, i.e, depends on the structure of the leaf space of the foliation. The transversal structure of a Cartan foliation is modeled on a Cartan manifold. The problem of investigating chaotic Cartan foliations is reduced to the corresponding problem for their holonomy pseudogroups of local automorphisms of transversal Cartan manifolds. For a Cartan foliation of a wide class, this problem is reduced to the corresponding problem for its global holonomy group, which is a countable discrete subgroup of the Lie automorphism group of an associated simply connected Cartan manifold. Several types of Cartan foliations that cannot be chaotic are indicated. Examples of chaotic Cartan foliations are constructed.

Comprehending deterministic and stochastic occasional uncoupling induced synchronizations through each other

In this paper, we numerically study the stochastic and the deterministic occasional uncoupling methods of effecting identical synchronized states in low dimensional, dissipative, diffusively coupled, chaotic flows that are otherwise not synchronized when continuously coupled at the same coupling strength parameter. In the process of our attempt to understand the mechanisms behind the success of the occasional uncoupling schemes, we devise a hybrid between the transient uncoupling and the stochastic on-off coupling, and aptly name it the transient stochastic uncoupling---yet another stochastic occasional uncoupling method. Our subsequent investigation on the transient stochastic uncoupling allows us to surpass the effectiveness of the stochastic on-off coupling with very fast on-off switching rate. Additionally, through the transient stochastic uncoupling, we establish that the indicators quantifying the local contracting dynamics in the corresponding transverse manifold are generally not useful in finding the optimal coupling region of the phase space in the case of the deterministic transient uncoupling. In fact, we highlight that the autocorrelation function---a non-local indicator of the dynamics---of the corresponding response system's chaotic time-series dictates when the deterministic uncoupling could be successful. We illustrate all our heuristic results using a few well-known examples of diffusively coupled chaotic oscillators.

The Linearized Calderón Problem in Transversally Anisotropic Geometries

In this article we study the linearized anisotropic Calderón problem. In a compact manifold with boundary, this problem amounts to showing that products of harmonic functions form a complete set. Assuming that the manifold is transversally anisotropic, we show that the boundary measurements determine an Fourier--Bros--Iagolnitzer-type transform at certain points in the transversal manifold. This leads to proving a uniqueness result for transversal singularities in the linearized problem. The method requires a geometric condition on the transversal manifold related to pairs of intersecting geodesics, but it does not involve the geodesic X-ray transform, which has limited earlier results on this problem.

Inverse Problems for Magnetic Schrödinger Operators in Transversally Anisotropic Geometries

We study inverse boundary problems for magnetic Schr\"odinger operators on a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary of dimension $\ge 3$. In the first part of the paper we are concerned with the case of admissible geometries, i.e. compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary which are conformally embedded in a product of the Euclidean line and a simple manifold. We show that the knowledge of the Cauchy data on the boundary of the manifold for the magnetic Schr\"odinger operator with $L^\infty$ magnetic and electric potentials, determines the magnetic field and electric potential uniquely. In the second part of the paper we address the case of more general conformally transversally anisotropic geometries, i.e. compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary which are conformally embedded in a product of the Euclidean line and a compact manifold, which need not be simple. Here, under the assumption that the geodesic ray transform on the transversal manifold is injective, we prove that the knowledge of the Cauchy data on the boundary of the manifold for a magnetic Schr\"odinger operator with continuous potentials, determines the magnetic field uniquely. Assuming that the electric potential is known, we show that the Cauchy data determines the magnetic potential up to a gauge equivalence.

Global Melnikov Theory in Hamiltonian Systems with General Time-Dependent Perturbations

We consider a mechanical system consisting of $n$ penduli and a $d$-dimensional generalized rotator subject to a time-dependent perturbation. The perturbation is not assumed to be either Hamiltonian, or periodic or quasi-periodic. The strength of the perturbation is given by a parameter $\epsilon\in\mathbb{R}$. For all $|\epsilon|$ sufficiently small, the augmented flow has a $(2d + 1)$-dimensional normally hyperbolic locally invariant manifold $\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon$. We define a Melnikov vector, which gives the first order expansion of the displacement of the stable and unstable manifolds of $\tilde\Lambda_0$ under the perturbation. We provide an explicit formula for the Melnikov vector in terms of convergent improper integrals of the perturbation along homoclinic orbits of the unperturbed system. We show that if the perturbation satisfies some explicit non-degeneracy conditions, then the stable and unstable manifolds of $\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon$, $W^s(\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon)$ and $W^u(\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon)$, respectively, intersect along a transverse homoclinic manifold, and, moreover, the splitting of $W^s(\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon)$ and $W^u(\tilde\Lambda_\epsilon)$ can be explicitly computed, up to the first order, in terms of the Melnikov vector. This implies that the excursions along some homoclinic trajectories yield a non-trivial increase of order $O(\epsilon)$ in the action variables of the rotator, for all sufficiently small perturbations. The formulas that we obtain are independent of the unperturbed motions and give, at the same time, the effects on periodic, quasi-periodic, or general orbits. When the perturbation is Hamiltonian, we express the effects of the perturbation, up to the first order, in terms of a Melnikov potential. In addition, if the perturbation is periodic, we obtain that the non-degeneracy conditions on the Melnikov potential are generic.

Calderón problem for connections

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we consider the problem of identifying a connection ∇ on a vector bundle up to gauge equivalence from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the connection Laplacian ∇*∇ over conformally transversally anisotropic (CTA) manifolds. This was proved in [9] for line bundles in the case of the transversal manifold being simple—we generalize this result to the case where the transversal manifold only has an injective ray transform. Moreover, the construction of suitable Gaussian beam solutions on vector bundles is given for the case of the connection Laplacian and a potential, following the works of [11]. This in turn enables us to construct the Complex Geometrical Optics (CGO) solutions and prove our main uniqueness result. We also reduce the problem to a new non-abelian X-ray transform for the case of simple transversal manifolds and higher rank vector bundles. Finally, we prove the recovery of a flat connection in general from the DN map, up to gauge equivalence, using an argument relating the Cauchy data of the connection Laplacian and the holonomy.

Torus invariant transverse Kähler foliations

In this paper, we show the convexity of the image of a moment map on a transverse symplectic manifold equipped with a torus action under a certain condition. We also study properties of moment maps in the case of transverse Kähler manifolds. As an application, we give a positive answer to the conjecture posed by Cupit-Foutou and Zaffran.

The Calderón problem in transversally anisotropic geometries

We consider the anisotropic Calderón problem of recovering a conductivity matrix or a Riemannian metric from electrical boundary measurements in three and higher dimensions. In the earlier work [14], it was shown that a metric in a fixed conformal class is uniquely determined by boundary measurements under two conditions: (1) the metric is conformally transversally anisotropic (CTA), and (2) the transversal manifold is simple. In this paper we will consider geometries satisfying (1) but not (2). The first main result states that the boundary measurements uniquely determine a mixed Fourier transform/attenuated geodesic ray transform (or integral against a more general semiclassical limit measure) of an unknown coefficient. In particular, one obtains uniqueness results whenever the geodesic ray transform on the transversal manifold is injective. The second result shows that the boundary measurements in an infinite cylinder uniquely determine the transversal metric. The first result is proved by using complex geometrical optics solutions involving Gaussian beam quasimodes, and the second result follows from a connection between the Calderón problem and Gel’fand’s inverse problem for the wave equation and the boundary control method.

The Calderón problem for connections

In this paper we consider the problem of identifying a connection $\nabla$ on a vector bundle up to gauge equivalence from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the connection Laplacian $\nabla^*\nabla$ over conformally transversally anisotropic (CTA) manifolds. This was proved in \cite{LCW} for line bundles in the case of the transversal manifold being simple -- we generalise this result to the case where the transversal manifold only has an injective ray transform. Moreover, the construction of suitable Gaussian beam solutions on vector bundles is given for the case of the connection Laplacian and a potential, following the works of \cite{CTA}. This in turn enables us to construct the Complex Geometrical Optics (CGO) solutions and prove our main uniqueness result. We also reduce the problem to a new non-abelian X-ray transform for the case of simple transversal manifolds and higher rank vector bundles. Finally, we prove the recovery of a flat connection in general from the DN map, up to gauge equivalence, using an argument relating the Cauchy data of the connection Laplacian and the holonomy.

Gauge vector field localization on a 3-brane placed in a warped transverse resolved conifold

We have investigated the features of the gauge vector field in a braneworld scenario built as a warped product between a 3-brane and a 2-cycle of the resolved conifold. This scenario allowed us to study how the gauge field behaves when the transverse manifold evolves upon a geometric flow that controls the singularity at the origin. Besides, since the transverse manifold has a cylindrical symmetry according to the 3-brane, this geometry can be regarded as a near brane correction of the string-like branes. Indeed, by means of a new warp function and the angular metric component of the resolved conifold, the braneworld can exhibit a conical form near the origin as well as a regular behavior in that region. The analysis of the gauge field in this background has been carried out for the s-wave state and a normalizable massless mode was found. For the massive modes, the resolution parameter avoids an infinite well on the brane and controls the depth of the well and the high of the barrier around the brane. The massive modes are slightly changed near the brane but they agreed with the string-like spectrum for large distances.

ABSOLUTE CONTINUITY THEOREM FOR RANDOM DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS ON Rd

In this paper we provide a proof of the so-called absolute continuity theorem for random dynamical systems on Rd which have an invariant probability measure. First we present the construction of local stable manifolds in this case. Then the absolute continuity theorem basically states that for any two transversal manifolds to the family of local stable manifolds, the induced Lebesgue measures on these transversal manifolds are absolutely continuous under the map that transports every point on the first manifold along the local stable manifold to the second manifold, the so-called Poincaré map or holonomy map. In contrast to known results, we have to deal with the non-compactness of the state space and the randomness of the random dynamical system.

Gravity localization in a string-cigar braneworld

We proposed a six-dimensional string-like braneworld built from a warped product between a 3-brane and the Hamilton cigar soliton space, the string-cigar braneworld. This transverse manifold is a well-known steady solution of the Ricci flow equation that describes the evolution of a manifold. The resulting bulk is an interior and exterior metric for a thick string. Furthermore, the source satisfies the dominant energy condition. It is possible to realize the geometric flow as a result of variations of the matter content of the brane, actually, as its tensions. Furthermore, the Ricci flow defines a family of string-like branes and we studied the effects that the evolution of the transverse space have on the geometric and physical quantities. The geometric flow makes the cosmological constant and the relationship between the Planck masses evolves. The gravitational massless mode remains trapped to the brane and the width of the mode depends on the evolution parameter. For the Kaluza–Klein modes, the asymptotic spectrum of mass is the same as that for the thin string-like brane and the analogue Schrödinger potential also changes according to the flow.

Compact leaves of structurally stable foliations

We prove that any compact manifold whose fundamental group contains an abelian normal subgroup of positive rank can be represented as a leaf of a structurally stable suspension foliation on a compact manifold. In this case, the role of a transversal manifold can be played by an arbitrary compact manifold. We construct examples of structurally stable foliations that have a compact leaf with infinite solvable fundamental group which is not nilpotent. We also distinguish a class of structurally stable foliations each of whose leaves is compact and locally stable in the sense of Ehresmann and Reeb.

Surgery on a pair of transversal manifolds

In the paper we construct the algebraic surgery theory of a topological space consisting of two manifolds which intersect transversally. Such a space is a basic example of stratified space. For such spaces, we define the notion of a normal map, an s-triangulation, and surgery obstruction groups, and show that these notions can be realized on the level of spectra. We construct commutative braids of exact sequences which relate the new notions to their classical counterparts. We examine the example of a transversal intersection of two real projective spaces and obtain explicit results regarding structure sets in this situation.

Abstractions for Mechanical Systems

This paper proposes a method for discretizing the state space of mechanical systems. This is a first attempt in using reduction techniques for mechanical systems in the partitioning of the state space. The method relies on a combination of transversal and tangential manifolds for the conservative mechanical system. The tangential manifolds are generated using constants of motion, which can be derived from Noether's theorem. The transversal manifolds are subsequently generated on a reduced space given by the Routhian, via action-angle coordinates. The method fully applies for integrable systems.We focus on a particular aspect of abstraction – partitioning the state space, as existing methods can be applied on the discretized state space to obtain an automata-based model. The contribution of the paper is to show that well-known reduction methods can be used to generate abstract models, which can be used for formal verification.