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Monday, August 18, 2014

Record Two Computational Problems

Computation 1. Let m be a positive integer and ϕ:RmCm be the standard parametrization of the m-dimensional torus Tm in Cm given by ϕ(x1.,xm)=(eix1,,eixm). Prove that ϕ is isometric (w.r.t. the standard Riemannian metric on Rm and Cm).
Solution. The first thought would be to consider the map C:(z1,,zm)(Rez1,Imz1,,Imzm)R2m and then to consider the "local" representation of ϕ, the Cϕ, but then it would be found that this is not of any help to compute dϕp, pRm.

We can only find dϕp pointwise. Namely, let vRm and let γ(0)=v, with γ(0)=p, then
dϕp(v)=dϕp(γ(0))=ddtϕγ(t)|t=0. From this we readily see that dϕp is computable! And in fact, for (v1,,vm)Rm, dϕp(v1,,vm)=(v1eip1,,vmeipm). Therefore ϕ is an isometry because
dϕpv,dϕpvCm=mj=1vjeipjvjeipj=mj=1vjvj=v,vRm.
Computation 2. Let m be a positive integer and
πm:(Sm{(1,0,,0)},,Rm+1)(Rm,4(1+|x|2)2,Rm). be the stereographic projection given by
πm(x0,,cm)=11x0(x1,,xm). Prove that πm is an isometry.
Solution. As before for pSm{(1,0,,0)} and vTpSm=(Rp), we have
d(πm)(p0,,pm)(v0,,vm)=11p0(v1,,vm)+v0(1p0)2(p1,,pm), therefore
=d(πm)p(v),d(πm)p(v)πm(p),(Rm,4(1+|x|2)2,Rm)=4(1+|πm(p)|2)2v,vRm+1(1p0)2=v,v.

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