Distance from a Finsler Submanifold to its Cut Locus and the Existence of a Tubular Neighborhood

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Main Authors: Bhowmick, Aritra, Prasad, Sachchidanand
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Prasad, Sachchidanand
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Prasad, Sachchidanand
contents In this article we prove that for a closed, not necessarily compact, submanifold $N$ of a possibly non-complete Finsler manifold $(M, F)$, the cut time map is always positive. As a consequence, we prove the existence of a tubular neighborhood of such a submanifold. When $N$ is compact, it then follows that there exists an $ε> 0$ such that the distance between $N$ and its cut locus $\mathrm{Cu}(N)$ is at least $ε$. This was originally proved by B. Alves and M. A. Javaloyes (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2019). We have given an alternative, rather geometric proof of the same, which is novel even in the Riemannian setup. We also obtain easier proofs of some results from N. Innami et al. (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 2019), under weaker hypothesis.
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spellingShingle Distance from a Finsler Submanifold to its Cut Locus and the Existence of a Tubular Neighborhood
Bhowmick, Aritra
Prasad, Sachchidanand
Differential Geometry
Primary: 53C22, 53B40, Secondary: 53C60
In this article we prove that for a closed, not necessarily compact, submanifold $N$ of a possibly non-complete Finsler manifold $(M, F)$, the cut time map is always positive. As a consequence, we prove the existence of a tubular neighborhood of such a submanifold. When $N$ is compact, it then follows that there exists an $ε> 0$ such that the distance between $N$ and its cut locus $\mathrm{Cu}(N)$ is at least $ε$. This was originally proved by B. Alves and M. A. Javaloyes (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2019). We have given an alternative, rather geometric proof of the same, which is novel even in the Riemannian setup. We also obtain easier proofs of some results from N. Innami et al. (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 2019), under weaker hypothesis.
title Distance from a Finsler Submanifold to its Cut Locus and the Existence of a Tubular Neighborhood
topic Differential Geometry
Primary: 53C22, 53B40, Secondary: 53C60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01185