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9 Integral Curves of Vector Fields. Lie Algebras 51 since gmn,k x˙ k x˙ n = 12 gmn,k x˙ k x˙ n + 12 gmk,n x˙ k x˙ n and after renumbering some indices, = −Γimn x˙ m x˙ n . 3. 7) is called the cogeodesic flow. 7). Thus, the geodesic lines are the projections of the integral curves of the geodesic flow onto M. 6).
In our presentation, we only consider finite dimensional Riemannian manifolds. It is also possible, and often very useful, to introduce infinite dimensional Riemannian manifolds. Those are locally modeled on Hilbert spaces instead of Euclidean ones. The lack of local compactness leads to certain technical complications, but most ideas and constructions of 28 Chapter 1 Foundational Material Riemannian geometry pertain to the infinite dimensional case. Such infinite dimensional manifolds arise for example naturally as certain spaces of curves on finite dimensional Riemannian manifolds.
D−1 ) parametrizes the unit sphere S d−1 (the precise formula for ϕ will be irrelevant for our purposes), and we then obtain polar coordinates on Tp M via Φ again. We express the metric in polar coordinates and write grr instead of g11 , because of the special role of r. We also write grϕ instead of g1 , ∈ {2, . . ,d . 11) and since this holds for Euclidean polar coordinates. 8). The lines ϕ ≡ const. are geodesic when parametrized by arc length. 8) Γirr = 0 for all i (we have written Γirr instead of Γi11 ), hence g i (2gr ,r − grr, ) = 0, for all i, thus 2gr For ,r − grr, = 0, for all .