The index of transversally elliptic complexes
We deal with the problem of determining the existence and uniqueness of Lagrangians for systems of second order ordinary differential equations. A number of recent theorems are presented, using exterior differential systems theory (EDS). In particular, we indicate how to generalise Jesse Douglas’s famous solution for . We then examine a new class of solutions in arbitrary dimension and give some non-trivial examples in dimension 3.
By taking into account the work of J. Rataj and M. Zähle [Geom. Dedicata 57, 259-283 (1995; Zbl 0844.53050)], R. Schneider and W. Weil [Math. Nachr. 129, 67-80 (1986; Zbl 0602.52003)], W. Weil [Math. Z. 205, 531-549 (1990; Zbl 0705.52006)], an integral formula is obtained here by using the technique of rectifiable currents.This is an iterated version of the principal kinematic formula for sets of positive reach and generalized curvature measures.
Let , , , , be natural numbers such that . We prove that any --natural operator transforming -projectable vector fields on -dimensional -fibred manifolds into vector fields on the -jet prolongation bundle is a constant multiple of the flow operator .
We discuss the geometry of the Yang-Mills configuration spaces and moduli spaces with respect to the metric. We also consider an application to a de Rham-theoretic version of Donaldson’s μ-map.
We study the Laplace-Beltrami operator of generalized Riemannian structures on orientable surfaces for which a local orthonormal frame is given by a pair of vector fields that can become collinear.Under the assumption that the structure is 2-step Lie bracket generating, we prove that the Laplace-Beltrami operator is essentially self-adjoint and has discrete spectrum. As a consequence, a quantum particle cannot cross the singular set (i.e., the set where the vector fields become collinear) and the...