Sobolev smoothness and invertibility conjecture for the operator ΨL\Psi^L

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Let MM be a dd-dimensional manifold, let NN be a Riemannian manifold, and let Imm⁡k(M,N)\operatorname{Imm}^k(M,N) denote the Sobolev completion of the space of immersions. For an immersion ff, write ΓHs(f∗TN)\Gamma_{H^s}(f^*TN) for the Sobolev sections of f∗TNf^*TN of order ss, and let ΨL\Psi^L be the operator associated with the metric determined by LL.

Smoothness and invertibility conjecture. For each k>d2+1k>\frac{d}{2}+1, the operator ΨL\Psi^L depends smoothly on the immersion f∈Imm⁡k(M,N)f\in\operatorname{Imm}^k(M,N) and is invertible as a mapping

ΨL:ΓHk+2−2l(f∗TN)⟶ΓHk(f∗TN).\Psi^L:\Gamma_{H^{k+2-2l}}(f^*TN)\longrightarrow\Gamma_{H^k}(f^*TN).

This result is intended to extend the projection construction to smooth mappings on Sobolev completions. The required elliptic theory for pseudodifferential operators with Sobolev coefficients is stated as a missing ingredient and is deferred to future work, so the claim is currently open.

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Martin Bauer, Peter Michor and Olaf Müller, “Riemannian geometry of the space of volume preserving immersions”, arXiv:1603.05916 (2016).

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