A nonlinear theory of distributional geometry
A nonlinear theory of distributional geometry
This paper builds on the theory of nonlinear generalized functions begun in Nigsch & Vickers (Nigsch, Vickers 2021 Proc. R. Soc. A 20200640
(doi:10.1098/rspa.2020.0640)) and extends this to a diffeomorphism-invariant nonlinear theory of generalized tensor fields with the sheaf property. The
generalized Lie derivative is introduced and shown to commute with the embedding of distributional tensor fields and the generalized covariant derivative commutes with the embedding at the level of association. The concept of a generalized metric is introduced and used to develop a non-smooth
theory of differential geometry. It is shown that the embedding of a continuous metric results in a generalized metric with well-defined connection and
curvature and that for C2 metrics the embedding preserves the curvature at the level of association. Finally, we consider an example of a conical metric outside the Geroch–Traschen class and show that the curvature is associated to a delta function.
nonlinear generalized functions, tensor fields, distributional covariant derivative, distributional geometry, Colombeau algebra, diffeomorphism-invariant
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Nigsch, Eduard A.
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Vickers, James A.
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23 December 2020
Nigsch, Eduard A.
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Vickers, James A.
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Nigsch, Eduard A. and Vickers, James A.
(2020)
A nonlinear theory of distributional geometry.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476, , [2020.0642].
(doi:10.1098/rspa.2020.0642).
Abstract
This paper builds on the theory of nonlinear generalized functions begun in Nigsch & Vickers (Nigsch, Vickers 2021 Proc. R. Soc. A 20200640
(doi:10.1098/rspa.2020.0640)) and extends this to a diffeomorphism-invariant nonlinear theory of generalized tensor fields with the sheaf property. The
generalized Lie derivative is introduced and shown to commute with the embedding of distributional tensor fields and the generalized covariant derivative commutes with the embedding at the level of association. The concept of a generalized metric is introduced and used to develop a non-smooth
theory of differential geometry. It is shown that the embedding of a continuous metric results in a generalized metric with well-defined connection and
curvature and that for C2 metrics the embedding preserves the curvature at the level of association. Finally, we consider an example of a conical metric outside the Geroch–Traschen class and show that the curvature is associated to a delta function.
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In preparation date: 8 October 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 16 November 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 December 2020
Published date: 23 December 2020
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This is the published version which replaces the ArXiv version of the same name. The file DistributionalGeom.pdf is the "accepted manuscript"
Keywords:
nonlinear generalized functions, tensor fields, distributional covariant derivative, distributional geometry, Colombeau algebra, diffeomorphism-invariant
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