The abstract Riemannian path space.
The existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear parabolic equation describing the gravitational interaction of particles is studied under minimal regularity assumptions on the initial conditions. Self-similar solutions are constructed for some homogeneous initial data.
We describe explicitly the group of transverse diffeomorphisms of several types of minimal linear foliations on the torus , . We show in particular that non-quadratic foliations are rigid, in the sense that their only transverse diffeomorphisms are and translations. The description derives from a general formula valid for the group of transverse diffeomorphisms of any minimal Lie foliation on a compact manifold. Our results generalize those of P. Donato and P. Iglesias for , P. Iglesias and...
The space Bi0 = Imm0 (S1, R2) / Diff (S1) of all immersions of rotation degree 0 in the plane modulo reparameterizations has homotopy groups π1(Bi0) = Z, π2(Bi0) = Z, and πk(Bi0) = 0 for k ≥ 3.
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.