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| author | Reintjes, Moritz Temple, Blake |
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| contents | This paper, a culmination of the authors' theory of the RT-equations, accomplishes the following: (i) We discover there is a true (geometric) regularity associated with every affine connection, its ``essential regularity'', the highest possible regularity achievable by coordinate transformation, a geometric property independent of starting atlas. (ii) We give a checkable necessary and sufficient condition for determining whether or not a connection is at its essential regularity in a given atlas, based on the relative regularity of the connection and its Riemann curvature. (iii) We introduce a computable procedure based on the RT-equations for lifting any $L^p$ affine connection given in a starting atlas, to a new atlas in which the connection exhibits its essential regularity. This resolves the long-standing problem of determining whether or not a singularity in an affine connection is removable or essential, applicable to any connection with components locally in $L^p$, $p>n$, general enough to include GR shock wave and cusp singularities in General Relativity. Since a manifold by itself does not carry an intrinsic level of regularity, the authors propose that the essential regularity of a connection marks the point at which an intrinsic level of regularity enters the subject of geometry. |
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| spellingShingle | The essential regularity of singular connections in geometry Reintjes, Moritz Temple, Blake General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry 58K30, 83C75 This paper, a culmination of the authors' theory of the RT-equations, accomplishes the following: (i) We discover there is a true (geometric) regularity associated with every affine connection, its ``essential regularity'', the highest possible regularity achievable by coordinate transformation, a geometric property independent of starting atlas. (ii) We give a checkable necessary and sufficient condition for determining whether or not a connection is at its essential regularity in a given atlas, based on the relative regularity of the connection and its Riemann curvature. (iii) We introduce a computable procedure based on the RT-equations for lifting any $L^p$ affine connection given in a starting atlas, to a new atlas in which the connection exhibits its essential regularity. This resolves the long-standing problem of determining whether or not a singularity in an affine connection is removable or essential, applicable to any connection with components locally in $L^p$, $p>n$, general enough to include GR shock wave and cusp singularities in General Relativity. Since a manifold by itself does not carry an intrinsic level of regularity, the authors propose that the essential regularity of a connection marks the point at which an intrinsic level of regularity enters the subject of geometry. |
| title | The essential regularity of singular connections in geometry |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry 58K30, 83C75 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08928 |