Curvatures of Sobolev metrics on diffeomorphism groups

Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-332

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffeomorphism groups; Euler Arnold equations; Riemannian metrics; Sectional curvature; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887385355     PISSN: 15588599     EISSN: 15588602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/PAMQ.2013.v9.n2.a2     Document Type: Article

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