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Main Authors: Stoye, Jakob, Mataigne, Simon, Absil, P. -A., Zimmermann, Ralf
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01563
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author Stoye, Jakob
Mataigne, Simon
Absil, P. -A.
Zimmermann, Ralf
author_facet Stoye, Jakob
Mataigne, Simon
Absil, P. -A.
Zimmermann, Ralf
contents We determine the length of the shortest nontrivial geodesic loops on the Stiefel manifold endowed with any member of the one-parameter family of Riemannian metrics introduced by Hüper et al. (2021). This family includes, in particular, the canonical and Euclidean metrics. By combining existing and new bounds on the sectional curvature, we determine the exact value of the injectivity radius of the Stiefel manifold under a wide range of members of the metric family.
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spellingShingle Shortest Geodesic Loops, Sectional Curvature, and Injectivity Radius of the Stiefel Manifold
Stoye, Jakob
Mataigne, Simon
Absil, P. -A.
Zimmermann, Ralf
Differential Geometry
Numerical Analysis
15B10, 15B57, 15A16, 22E70, 53C30, 53C80
We determine the length of the shortest nontrivial geodesic loops on the Stiefel manifold endowed with any member of the one-parameter family of Riemannian metrics introduced by Hüper et al. (2021). This family includes, in particular, the canonical and Euclidean metrics. By combining existing and new bounds on the sectional curvature, we determine the exact value of the injectivity radius of the Stiefel manifold under a wide range of members of the metric family.
title Shortest Geodesic Loops, Sectional Curvature, and Injectivity Radius of the Stiefel Manifold
topic Differential Geometry
Numerical Analysis
15B10, 15B57, 15A16, 22E70, 53C30, 53C80
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01563