SLIDE 13 Canonical connections on Lie groups
Left invariant connections 𝛂𝑬𝑴.𝒀𝑬𝑴. 𝒁 = 𝑬𝑴. 𝛂𝒀𝒁
Characteric bilinear form on the Lie algebra 𝑏 𝑦, 𝑧 = 𝛼𝑌
𝑍
|𝑓 ∈ g
Symmetric part
1 2 (𝑏 𝑦, 𝑧 + 𝑏 𝑧, 𝑦 ) specifies geodesics
Skew symmetric part
1 2 (𝑏 𝑦, 𝑧 − 𝑏 𝑧, 𝑦 ) specifies torsion along them
Bi-invariant connections
𝑏 𝐵𝑒 . 𝑦, 𝐵𝑒 . 𝑧 = 𝐵𝑒 . 𝑏 𝑦, 𝑧 𝑏 [𝑨, 𝑦], 𝑧 + 𝑏 𝑦, [𝑨, 𝑧] = 𝑨, 𝑏 𝑦, 𝑧 , x, y, z in g
Cartan Schouten connections (def. of Postnikov)
LInv connections for which one-parameter subgroups are geodesics
Matrices : M(t) = exp(t.V) Diffeos : translations of Stationary Velocity Fields (SVFs)
Uniquely determined by 𝑏 𝑦, 𝑦 = 0 (skew symmetry)
- X. Pennec - ESI - Shapes, Feb 10-13 2015
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