Geometry of Diffeomorphism Groups, Complete integrability and Geometric statistics

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 334-366

  Khesin, B ^a,b   Lenells, J ^c   Misiolek G ^a,d   Preston, S C ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

curvature; Diffeomorphism groups; Euler Arnold equations; Fisher Rao metric; geodesics; Hellinger distance; integrable systems; Riemannian metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875665207     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-013-0210-2     Document Type: Article

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