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Lemma 6.4. If \( \gamma \) is an admissible curve and \( V \) is a vector field along \( \gamma \) , then \( V \) is the variation field of some variation of \( \gamma \) . If \( V \) is proper, the variation can be taken to be proper as well.
Proof. Set \( \Gamma \left( {s, t}\right) = \exp \left( {{sV}\left( t\right) }\right) \) (Figure 6.5). By compactness of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \), there is some positive \( \varepsilon \) such that \( \Gamma \) is defined on \( \left( {-\varepsilon ,\varepsilon }\right) \times \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rb...
Yes
Theorem 6.6. Every minimizing curve is a geodesic when it is given a unit speed parametrization.
Proof. Suppose \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow M \) is minimizing and unit speed, and let \( a = \) \( {a}_{0} < \cdots < {a}_{k} = b \) be a subdivision such that \( \gamma \) is smooth on \( \left\lbrack {{a}_{i - 1},{a}_{i}}\right\rbrack \) . If \( \Gamma \) is any proper variation of \( \ga...
Yes
Corollary 6.7. A unit speed admissible curve \( \gamma \) is a critical point for \( L \) if and only if it is a geodesic.
Proof. If \( \gamma \) is a critical point, the proof of Theorem 6.6 goes through without modification to show that \( \gamma \) is a geodesic. Conversely, if \( \gamma \) is a geodesic, then the first term in the second variation formula vanishes by the geodesic equation, and the second term vanishes because \( \dot{\...
Yes
Corollary 6.9. Let \( \left( {x}^{i}\right) \) be normal coordinates on a geodesic ball \( \mathcal{U} \) centered at \( p \in M \), and let \( r \) be the radial distance function as defined in (5.9). Then \( \operatorname{grad}r = \partial /\partial r \) on \( \mathcal{U} - \{ p\} \) .
Proof. For any \( q \in \mathcal{U} - \{ p\} \) and \( Y \in {T}_{q}M \), we need to show that\n\n\[ \n{dr}\left( Y\right) = \left\langle {\frac{\partial }{\partial r}, Y}\right\rangle \n\]\n\n(6.4)\n\nThe geodesic sphere \( {\exp }_{p}\left( {\partial {B}_{R}\left( 0\right) }\right) \) through \( q \) is characterized...
Yes
Corollary 6.11. Within any geodesic ball around \( p \in M \), the radial distance function \( r\left( x\right) \) defined by (5.9) is equal to the Riemannian distance from \( p \) to \( x \) .
Proof. The radial geodesic \( \gamma \) from \( p \) to \( x \) is minimizing by Proposition 6.10. Since its velocity is equal to \( \partial /\partial r \), which is a unit vector in both the \( g \) norm and the Euclidean norm in normal coordinates, the \( g \) -length of \( \gamma \) is equal to its Euclidean length...
Yes
Theorem 6.12. Every Riemannian geodesic is locally minimizing.
Proof. Let \( \gamma : I \rightarrow M \) be a geodesic, which we may assume to be defined on an open interval, and let \( {t}_{0} \in I \) . Let \( \mathcal{W} \) be a uniformly normal neighborhood of \( \gamma \left( {t}_{0}\right) \), and let \( \mathcal{U} \subset I \) be the connected component of \( {\gamma }^{-1...
Yes
Theorem 6.13. (Hopf-Rinow) A connected Riemannian manifold is geodesically complete if and only if it is complete as a metric space.
Proof. Suppose first that \( M \) is complete as a metric space but not geodesically complete. Then there is some unit speed geodesic \( \gamma : \lbrack 0, b) \rightarrow M \) that extends to no interval \( \lbrack 0, b + \varepsilon ) \) for \( \varepsilon > 0 \) . Let \( \left\{ {t}_{i}\right\} \) be any increasing ...
Yes
Corollary 6.14. If there exists one point \( p \in M \) such that the restricted exponential map \( {\exp }_{p} \) is defined on all of \( {T}_{p}M \), then \( M \) is complete.
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No
Corollary 6.15. \( M \) is complete if and only if any two points in \( M \) can be joined by a minimizing geodesic segment.
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No
Corollary 6.16. If \( M \) is compact, then every geodesic can be defined for all time.
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No
Lemma 7.2. The Riemann curvature endomorphism and curvature tensor are local isometry invariants. More precisely, if \( \varphi : \left( {M, g}\right) \rightarrow \left( {\widetilde{M},\widetilde{g}}\right) \) is a local isometry, then\n\n\[{\varphi }^{ * }\widetilde{Rm} = {Rm}\]\n\n\[ \widetilde{R}\left( {{\varphi }_{...
Exercise 7.2. Prove Lemma 7.2.
No
Proposition 7.4. (Symmetries of the Curvature Tensor) The curvature tensor has the following symmetries for any vector fields \( W, X, Y \) , \( Z \) :\n\n(a) \( \operatorname{Rm}\left( {W, X, Y, Z}\right) = - \operatorname{Rm}\left( {X, W, Y, Z}\right) \) .\n\n(b) \( \operatorname{Rm}\left( {W, X, Y, Z}\right) = - \op...
Proof of Proposition 7.4. Identity (a) is immediate from the obvious fact that \( R\left( {W, X}\right) Y = - R\left( {X, W}\right) Y \) . To prove (b), it suffices to show that \( {Rm}\left( {W, X, Y, Y}\right) = 0 \) for all \( Y \), for then (b) follows from the expansion of \( \operatorname{Rm}\left( {W, X, Y + Z, ...
Yes
Proposition 7.5. (Differential Bianchi Identity) The total covariant derivative of the curvature tensor satisfies the following identity:\n\n\[ \n\nabla {Rm}\left( {X, Y, Z, V, W}\right) + \nabla {Rm}\left( {X, Y, V, W, Z}\right) + \nabla {Rm}\left( {X, Y, W, Z, V}\right) = 0.\n\]
Proof. First of all, by the symmetries of \( {Rm} \) ,(7.6) is equivalent to\n\n\[ \n\nabla {Rm}\left( {Z, V, X, Y, W}\right) + \nabla {Rm}\left( {V, W, X, Y, Z}\right) + \nabla {Rm}\left( {W, Z, X, Y, V}\right) = 0.\n\]\n\nThis can be proved by a long and tedious computation, but there is a standard shortcut for such ...
Yes
Exercise 7.5. Prove Lemma 7.6, using the symmetries of the curvature tensor.
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No
Lemma 7.7. (Contracted Bianchi Identity) The covariant derivatives of the Ricci and scalar curvatures satisfy the following identity:\n\n\[ \operatorname{div}{Rc} = \frac{1}{2}\nabla S \]\n\nwhere div is the divergence operator (Problem 3-3). In components, this is\n\n\[ {R}_{{ij};}{}^{j} = \frac{1}{2}{S}_{;i} \]
Proof. Formula (7.9) follows immediately by contracting the component form (7.7) of the differential Bianchi identity on the indices \( i, l \) and then again on \( j, k \), after raising one index of each pair.
No
Proposition 7.8. If \( g \) is an Einstein metric on a connected manifold of dimension \( n \geq 3 \), its scalar curvature is constant.
Proof. Taking the covariant derivative of each side of (7.10) and noting that the covariant derivative of the metric is zero, we see that the Einstein condition implies\n\n\[ {R}_{{ij};k} = \frac{1}{n}{S}_{;k}{g}_{ij} \]\n\nTracing this equation on \( j \) and \( k \), and comparing with the contracted Bianchi identity...
Yes
Lemma 8.1. The second fundamental form is\n\n(a) independent of the extensions of \( X \) and \( Y \) ;\n\n(b) bilinear over \( {C}^{\infty }\left( M\right) \) ; and\n\n(c) symmetric in \( X \) and \( Y \) .
Proof. First we show that the symmetry of \( \Pi \) follows from the symmetry of the connection \( \widetilde{\nabla } \) . Let \( X \) and \( Y \) be extended arbitrarily to \( M \) . Then\n\n\[ \Pi \left( {X, Y}\right) - \Pi \left( {Y, X}\right) = {\left( {\widetilde{\nabla }}_{X}Y - {\widetilde{\nabla }}_{Y}X\right)...
Yes
Theorem 8.2. (The Gauss Formula) If \( X, Y \in \mathcal{T}\left( M\right) \) are extended arbitrarily to vector fields on \( \widetilde{M} \), the following formula holds along \( M \) :
Proof. Because of the decomposition (8.1) and the definition of the second fundamental form, it suffices to show that \( {\left( {\widetilde{\nabla }}_{X}Y\right) }^{\top } = {\nabla }_{X}Y \) at all points of \( M \) .\n\nDefine a map \( {\nabla }^{\top } : \mathcal{T}\left( M\right) \times \mathcal{T}\left( M\right) ...
Yes
Lemma 8.3. (The Weingarten Equation) Suppose \( X, Y \in \mathfrak{T}\left( M\right) \) and \( N \in \mathcal{N}\left( M\right) \) . When \( X, Y, N \) are extended arbitrarily to \( \widetilde{M} \), the following equation holds at points of \( M \) :
Proof. Since \( \langle N, Y\rangle \) vanishes identically along \( M \) and \( X \) is tangent to \( M \) , the following holds along \( M \) :\n\n\[ 0 = X\langle N, Y\rangle \]\n\n\[ = \left\langle {{\widetilde{\nabla }}_{X}N, Y}\right\rangle + \left\langle {N,{\widetilde{\nabla }}_{X}Y}\right\rangle \]\n\n\[ = \lef...
Yes
Theorem 8.4. (The Gauss Equation) For any \( X, Y, Z, W \in {T}_{p}M \), the following equation holds:\n\n\[ \widetilde{\operatorname{Rm}}\left( {X, Y, Z, W}\right) = \operatorname{Rm}\left( {X, Y, Z, W}\right) \]\n\n\[ - \langle \Pi \left( {X, W}\right) ,\Pi \left( {Y, Z}\right) \rangle + \langle \Pi \left( {X, Z}\rig...
Proof. Let \( X, Y, Z, W \) be extended arbitrarily to vector fields on \( M \), and then to vector fields on \( \widetilde{M} \) that are tangent to \( M \) at points of \( M \) . Along \( M \), the Gauss formula gives\n\n\[ \widetilde{Rm}\left( {X, Y, Z, W}\right) = \left\langle {{\widetilde{\nabla }}_{X}{\widetilde{...
Yes
Lemma 8.5. (The Gauss Formula Along a Curve) Let \( M \) be a Riemannian submanifold of \( \widetilde{M} \), and \( \gamma \) a curve in \( M \) . For any vector field \( V \) tangent to \( M \) along \( \gamma \) ,\n\n\[{\widetilde{D}}_{t}V = {D}_{t}V + \Pi \left( {\dot{\gamma }, V}\right)\]
Proof. In terms of an adapted orthonormal frame, \( V \) can be written \( V\left( t\right) = \) \( {V}^{i}\left( t\right) {E}_{i} \), where the sum is only over \( i = 1,\ldots, n \) . Applying the product rule and the Gauss formula, we get\n\n\[{\widetilde{D}}_{t}V = {\dot{V}}^{i}{E}_{i} + {V}^{i}{\widetilde{\nabla }...
Yes
Theorem 8.6. (Gauss’s Theorema Egregium) Let \( M \subset {\mathbf{R}}^{3} \) be a 2-dimensional submanifold and \( g \) the induced metric on \( M \). For any \( p \in M \) and any basis \( \left( {X, Y}\right) \) for \( {T}_{p}M \), the Gaussian curvature of \( M \) at \( p \) is given \( {by} \)\n\n\[ K = \frac{\ope...
Proof. We begin with the special case in which \( \left( {X, Y}\right) = \left( {{E}_{1},{E}_{2}}\right) \) is an orthonormal basis for \( {T}_{p}M \). In this case the denominator in (8.5) is equal to 1. If we write \( {h}_{ij} = \dot{h}\left( {{E}_{i},{E}_{j}}\right) \), then in this basis \( K = \det s = \det \left(...
Yes
Lemma 8.7. The Gaussian curvature of a Riemannian 2-manifold is related to the curvature tensor, Ricci tensor, and scalar curvature by the formulas\n\n\[ \n{Rm}\left( {X, Y, Z, W}\right) = K\left( {\langle X, W\rangle \langle Y, Z\rangle -\langle X, Z\rangle \langle Y, W\rangle }\right) \]\n\n\[ \n{Rc}\left( {X, Y}\rig...
Proof. Since both sides of the first equation are tensors, we can compute them in terms of any basis. Let \( \left( {{E}_{1},{E}_{2}}\right) \) be any orthonormal basis for \( {T}_{p}M \) , and consider the components \( {R}_{ijkl} = {Rm}\left( {{E}_{i},{E}_{j},{E}_{k},{E}_{l}}\right) \) of the curvature tensor. In ter...
Yes
Proposition 8.8. If \( \\left( {X, Y}\\right) \) is any basis for a 2-plane \( \\Pi \\subset {T}_{p}M \), then\n\n\[ K\\left( {X, Y}\\right) = \\frac{\\operatorname{Rm}\\left( {X, Y, Y, X}\\right) }{{\\left| X\\right| }^{2}{\\left| Y\\right| }^{2}-\\langle X, Y{\\rangle }^{2}}.\]
Proof. For this proof, we denote the induced metric on \( {S}_{\\Pi } \) by \( \\widetilde{g} \), and continue to denote the metric on \( M \) by \( g \) . As in the first part of this chapter, we use tildes to denote geometric quantities associated with \( \\widetilde{g} \), but note that now the roles of \( g \) and ...
Yes
Lemma 8.9. Suppose \( {\mathcal{R}}_{1} \) and \( {\mathcal{R}}_{2} \) are covariant 4-tensors on a vector space \( V \) with an inner product, and both have the symmetries of the curvature tensor (as described in Proposition 7.4). If for every pair of independent vectors \( X, Y \in V \), \[ \frac{{\mathcal{R}}_{1}\le...
Proof. Setting \( \mathcal{R} = {\mathcal{R}}_{1} - {\mathcal{R}}_{2} \), it suffices to show \( \mathcal{R} = 0 \) under the assumption that \( \mathcal{R}\left( {X, Y, Y, X}\right) = 0 \) for all \( X, Y \). For any vectors \( X, Y, Z \), since \( \mathcal{R} \) also has the symmetries of the curvature tensor, \[ 0 =...
Yes
Lemma 8.10. Suppose \( \left( {M, g}\right) \) is any Riemannian \( n \) -manifold with constant sectional curvature \( C \) . The curvature endomorphism, curvature tensor, Ricci tensor, and scalar curvature of \( g \) are given by the formulas\n\n\[ R\left( {X, Y}\right) Z = C\left( {\\langle Y, Z\\rangle X-\\langle X...
Exercise 8.8. Prove Lemma 8.10.
No
Lemma 9.2. If \( \gamma \) is a positively oriented curved polygon in \( M \), the rotation angle of \( \gamma \) is \( {2\pi } \) .
Proof. If we use the given coordinate chart to consider \( \gamma \) as a curved polygon in the plane, we can compute its tangent angle function either with respect to \( g \) or with respect to the Euclidean metric \( \bar{g} \) . In either case, \( \operatorname{Rot}\left( \gamma \right) \) is an integral multiple of...
Yes
Corollary 9.4. (Angle-Sum Theorem) The sum of the interior angles of a Euclidean triangle is \( \pi \) .
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No
Corollary 9.5. (Circumference Theorem) The circumference of a Euclidean circle of radius \( R \) is \( {2\pi R} \) .
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No
Corollary 9.6. (Total Curvature Theorem) If \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbf{R}}^{2} \) is a unit speed simple closed curve such that \( \dot{\gamma }\left( a\right) = \dot{\gamma }\left( b\right) \), and \( N \) is the inward-pointing normal, then\n\n\[{\int }_{a}^{b}{\kappa }_{N}\left...
Null
No
Theorem 9.7. (The Gauss-Bonnet Theorem) If \( M \) is a triangulated, compact, oriented, Riemannian 2-manifold, then\n\n\[{\int }_{M}{KdA} = {2\pi \chi }\left( M\right)\]
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {{\Omega }_{i} : i = 1,\ldots ,{N}_{f}}\right\} \) denote the faces of the triangulation, and for each \( i \) let \( \left\{ {{\gamma }_{ij} : j = 1,2,3}\right\} \) be the edges of \( {\Omega }_{i} \) and \( \left\{ {{\theta }_{ij} : j = 1,2,3}\right\} \) its interior angles. Since each exterior ...
Yes
Corollary 9.8. Let \( M \) be a compact Riemannian 2-manifold and \( K \) its Gaussian curvature.\n\n(a) If \( M \) is homeomorphic to the sphere or the projective plane, then \( K > 0 \) somewhere.\n\n(b) If \( M \) is homeomorphic to the torus or the Klein bottle, then either \( K \equiv 0 \) or \( K \) takes on both...
Proof. If \( M \) is orientable, the result follows immediately from the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, because a function whose integral is positive, negative, or zero must satisfy the claimed sign condition. If \( M \) is nonorientable, the result follows by applying the Gauss-Bonnet theorem to the orientable double cover \( ...
Yes
Exercise 9.2. Prove Corollary 9.9.
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No
Lemma 10.1. If \( \\Gamma \) is any smooth admissible family of curves, and \( V \) is a smooth vector field along \( \\Gamma \), then\n\n\[ \n{D}_{s}{D}_{t}V - {D}_{t}{D}_{s}V = R\\left( {S, T}\\right) V.\n\]
Proof. This is a local issue, so we can compute in any local coordinates.\n\nWriting \( V\\left( {s, t}\\right) = {V}^{i}\\left( {s, t}\\right) {\\partial }_{i} \), we compute\n\n\[ \n{D}_{t}V = \\frac{\\partial {V}^{i}}{\\partial t}{\\partial }_{i} + {V}^{i}{D}_{t}{\\partial }_{i}\n\]\n\nTherefore,\n\n\[ \n{D}_{s}{D}_...
Yes
Theorem 10.2. (The Jacobi Equation) Let \( \gamma \) be a geodesic and \( V \) a vector field along \( \gamma \) . If \( V \) is the variation field of a variation through geodesics, then \( V \) satisfies\n\n\[ \n{D}_{t}^{2}V + R\left( {V,\dot{\gamma }}\right) \dot{\gamma } = 0 \n\]
Proof. With \( S \) and \( T \) as before, the preceding lemma implies\n\n\[ \n0 = {D}_{s}{D}_{t}T \n\]\n\n\[ \n= {D}_{t}{D}_{s}T + R\left( {S, T}\right) T \n\]\n\n\[ \n= {D}_{t}{D}_{t}S + R\left( {S, T}\right) T \n\]\n\nwhere the last step follows from the symmetry lemma. Evaluating at \( s = 0 \) , where \( S\left( {...
Yes
Lemma 10.3. Every Jacobi field along a geodesic \( \gamma \) is the variation field of some variation of \( \gamma \) through geodesics.
Exercise 10.1. Prove Lemma 10.3. [Hint: Let \( \Gamma \left( {s, t}\right) = {\exp }_{\sigma \left( s\right) }{tW}\left( s\right) \) for a suitable curve \( \sigma \) and vector field \( W \) along \( \sigma \) .]
No
Proposition 10.4. (Existence and Uniqueness of Jacobi Fields) Let \( \gamma : I \rightarrow M \) be a geodesic, \( a \in I \), and \( p = \gamma \left( a\right) \) . For any pair of vectors \( X, Y \in {T}_{p}M \), there is a unique Jacobi field \( J \) along \( \gamma \) satisfying the initial conditions\n\n\[ J\left(...
Proof. Choose an orthonormal basis \( \left\{ {E}_{i}\right\} \) for \( {T}_{p}M \), and extend it to a parallel orthonormal frame along all of \( \gamma \) . Writing \( J\left( t\right) = {J}^{i}\left( t\right) {E}_{i} \), we can express the Jacobi equation as\n\n\[ {\ddot{J}}^{i} + {R}_{jkl}{}^{i}{J}^{j}{\dot{\gamma ...
Yes
Corollary 10.5. Along any geodesic \( \gamma \), the set of Jacobi fields is a \( {2n} \) - dimensional linear subspace of \( \mathcal{T}\left( \gamma \right) \) .
Proof. Let \( p = \gamma \left( a\right) \) be any point on \( \gamma \), and consider the map from the set of Jacobi fields along \( \gamma \) to \( {T}_{p}M \oplus {T}_{p}M \) by sending \( J \) to \( \left( {J\left( a\right) ,{D}_{t}J\left( a\right) }\right) \) . The preceding proposition says precisely that this ma...
Yes
Lemma 10.6. Let \( \gamma : I \rightarrow M \) be a geodesic, and \( a \in I \) .\n\n(a) A Jacobi field J along \( \gamma \) is normal if and only if\n\n\[ J\left( a\right) \bot \dot{\gamma }\left( a\right) \text{ and }{D}_{t}J\left( a\right) \bot \dot{\gamma }\left( a\right) . \]
Proof. Using compatibility with the metric and the fact that \( {D}_{t}\dot{\gamma } \equiv 0 \), we compute\n\n\[ \frac{{d}^{2}}{d{t}^{2}}\langle J,\dot{\gamma }\rangle = \left\langle {{D}_{t}^{2}J,\dot{\gamma }}\right\rangle \]\n\n\[ = - \langle R\left( {J,\dot{\gamma }}\right) \dot{\gamma },\dot{\gamma }\rangle \]\n...
Yes
Lemma 10.7. Let \( p \in M \), let \( \left( {x}^{i}\right) \) be normal coordinates on a neighborhood \( \mathcal{U} \) of \( p \), and let \( \gamma \) be a radial geodesic starting at \( p \) . For any \( W = {W}^{i}{\partial }_{i} \in {T}_{p}M \), the Jacobi field \( J \) along \( \gamma \) such that \( J\left( 0\r...
Proof. An easy computation using formula (4.10) for covariant derivatives in coordinates shows that \( J \) satisfies the specified initial conditions, so it suffices to show that \( J \) is a Jacobi field. If we set \( V = \dot{\gamma }\left( 0\right) \in {T}_{p}M \), then we know from Lemma 5.11 that \( \gamma \) is ...
Yes
Lemma 10.8. Suppose \( \\left( {M, g}\\right) \) is a Riemannian manifold with constant sectional curvature \( C \), and \( \\gamma \) is a unit speed geodesic in \( M \). The normal Jacobi fields along \( \\gamma \) vanishing at \( t = 0 \) are precisely the vector fields\n\n\[ J\\left( t\\right) = u\\left( t\\right) ...
Proof. Since \( g \) has constant curvature, its curvature endomorphism is given by the formula of Lemma 8.10:\n\n\[ R\\left( {X, Y}\\right) Z = C\\left( {\\langle Y, Z\\rangle X-\\langle X, Z\\rangle Y}\\right) \]\n\nSubstituting this into the Jacobi equation, we find that a normal Jacobi field \( J \) satisfies\n\n\[...
Yes
Proposition 10.9. Suppose \( \left( {M, g}\right) \) is a Riemannian manifold with constant sectional curvature \( C \) . Let \( \left( {x}^{i}\right) \) be Riemannian normal coordinates on a normal neighborhood \( \mathcal{U} \) of \( p \in M \), let \( {\left| \cdot \right| }_{\bar{q}} \) be the Euclidean norm in the...
Proof. By the Gauss lemma, the decomposition \( V = {V}^{\top } + {V}^{ \bot } \) is orthogonal, so \( {\left| V\right| }_{g}^{2} = {\left| {V}^{ \bot }\right| }_{g}^{2} + {\left| {V}^{\top }\right| }_{g}^{2} \) . Since \( \partial /\partial r \) is a unit vector in both the \( g \) and \( \bar{g} \) norms, it is immed...
Yes
Proposition 10.10. (Local Uniqueness of Constant Curvature Metrics) Let \( \left( {M, g}\right) \) and \( \left( {\widetilde{M},\widetilde{g}}\right) \) be Riemannian manifolds with constant sectional curvature \( C \) . For any points \( p \in M,\widetilde{p} \in \widetilde{M} \), there exist neighborhoods \( \mathcal...
Proof. Choose \( p \in M \) and \( \widetilde{p} \in \widetilde{M} \), and let \( \mathcal{U} \) and \( \widetilde{\mathcal{U}} \) be geodesic balls of small radius \( \varepsilon \) around \( p \) and \( \widetilde{p} \), respectively. Riemannian normal coordinates give maps \( \varphi : \mathcal{U} \rightarrow {B}_{\...
Yes
Proposition 10.11. Suppose \( p \in M, V \in {T}_{p}M \), and \( q = {\exp }_{p}V \) . Then \( {\exp }_{p} \) is a local diffeomorphism in a neighborhood of \( V \) if and only if \( q \) is not conjugate to \( p \) along the geodesic \( \gamma \left( t\right) = {\exp }_{p}{tV},\;t \in \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \...
Proof. By the inverse function theorem, \( {\exp }_{p} \) is a local diffeomorphism near \( V \) if and only if \( {\left( {\exp }_{p}\right) }_{ * } \) is an isomorphism at \( V \), and by dimensional considerations, this occurs if and only if \( {\left( {\exp }_{p}\right) }_{ * } \) is injective at \( V \) .\n\nIdent...
Yes
Corollary 10.13. If \( \Gamma \) is a proper variation of a unit speed geodesic \( \gamma \) whose variation field is a proper normal vector field \( V \), the second variation of \( L\left( {\Gamma }_{s}\right) \) is \( I\left( {V, V}\right) \) . In particular, if \( \gamma \) is minimizing, then \( I\left( {V, V}\rig...
Null
No
Proposition 10.14. For any pair of proper normal vector fields \( V, W \) along a geodesic segment \( \gamma \) ,
Proof. On any subinterval \( \left\lbrack {{a}_{i - 1},{a}_{i}}\right\rbrack \) where \( V \) and \( W \) are smooth,\n\n\[ \frac{d}{dt}\left\langle {{D}_{t}V, W}\right\rangle = \left\langle {{D}_{t}^{2}V, W}\right\rangle + \left\langle {{D}_{t}V,{D}_{t}W}\right\rangle . \]\n\nThus, by the fundamental theorem of calcul...
Yes
If \( \gamma \) is a geodesic segment from \( p \) to \( q \) that has an interior conjugate point to \( p \), then there exists a proper normal vector field \( X \) along \( \gamma \) such that \( I\left( {X, X}\right) < 0 \) . In particular, \( \gamma \) is not minimizing.
Proof. Suppose \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {0, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow M \) is a unit speed parametrization of \( \gamma \), and \( \gamma \left( a\right) \) is conjugate to \( \gamma \left( 0\right) \) for some \( 0 < a < b \) . This means there is a nontrivial normal Jacobi field \( J \) along \( {\left. \gamma \rig...
Yes
Theorem 11.1. (Sturm Comparison Theorem) Suppose \( u \) and \( v \) are differentiable real-valued functions on \( \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \), twice differentiable on \( \left( {0, T}\right) \) , and \( u > 0 \) on \( \left( {0, T}\right) \) . Suppose further that \( u \) and \( v \) satisfy\n\n\[ \ddot{u}\le...
Proof. Consider the function \( f\left( t\right) = v\left( t\right) /u\left( t\right) \) defined on \( \left( {0, T}\right) \) . It follows from l’Hôpital’s rule that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{t \rightarrow 0}}f\left( t\right) = \dot{v}\left( 0\right) /\dot{u}\left( 0\right) = 1 \) . Since \( f \) is differentiable on...
Yes
Corollary 11.3. (Conjugate Point Comparison Theorem) Suppose all sectional curvatures of \( \left( {M, g}\right) \) are bounded above by a constant \( C \) . If\n\n\( C \leq 0 \), then no point of \( M \) has conjugate points along any geodesic. If \( C = 1/{R}^{2} > 0 \), then the first conjugate point along any geode...
Proof. If \( C \leq 0 \), the Jacobi field comparison theorem implies that any nontrivial normal Jacobi field vanishing at \( t = 0 \) satisfies \( \left| {J\left( t\right) }\right| > 0 \) for all \( t > 0 \) . Similarly, if \( C > 0 \), then \( \left| {J\left( t\right) }\right| \geq \left( \text{constant}\right) \sin ...
Yes
Corollary 11.4. (Metric Comparison Theorem) Suppose all sectional curvatures of \( \left( {M, g}\right) \) are bounded above by a constant \( C \) . In any normal coordinate chart, \( g\left( {V, V}\right) \geq {g}_{C}\left( {V, V}\right) \), where \( {g}_{C} \) is the constant curvature metric given by formula (10.8).
Proof. Decomposing a vector \( V \) into components \( {V}^{\top } \) tangent to the geodesic sphere and \( {V}^{ \bot } \) tangent to the radial geodesics as in the proof of Proposition 10.9 gives\n\n\[ g\left( {V, V}\right) = g\left( {{V}^{ \bot },{V}^{ \bot }}\right) + g\left( {{V}^{\top },{V}^{\top }}\right) .\n\]\...
Yes
Theorem 11.5. (The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem) If \( M \) is a complete, connected manifold all of whose sectional curvatures are nonpositive, then for any point \( p \in M,{\exp }_{p} : {T}_{p}M \rightarrow M \) is a covering map. In particular, the universal covering space of \( M \) is diffeomorphic to \( {\mathbf{R}}^...
Proof. The assumption of nonpositive curvature guarantees that \( p \) has no conjugate points along any geodesic, which can be shown by using either the conjugate point comparison theorem above or Problem 10-2. Therefore, by Proposition 10.11, \( {\exp }_{p} \) is a local diffeomorphism on all of \( {T}_{p}M \) . Let ...
Yes
Lemma 11.6. Suppose \( \widetilde{M} \) and \( M \) are connected Riemannian manifolds, with \( \widetilde{M} \) complete, and \( \pi : \widetilde{M} \rightarrow M \) is a local isometry. Then \( M \) is complete and \( \pi \) is a covering map.
Proof. A fundamental property of covering maps is the path-lifting property: any continuous path \( \gamma \) in \( M \) lifts to a path \( \widetilde{\gamma } \) in \( \widetilde{M} \) such that \( \pi \circ \widetilde{\gamma } = \gamma \) . We begin by proving that \( \pi \) possesses the path-lifting property for ge...
Yes
Theorem 11.8. (Myers’s Theorem) Suppose \( M \) is a complete, connected Riemannian n-manifold whose Ricci tensor satisfies the following inequality for all \( V \in {TM} \) :\n\n\[ \operatorname{Rc}\left( {V, V}\right) \geq \frac{n - 1}{{R}^{2}}{\left| V\right| }^{2} \]\n\nThen \( M \) is compact, with a finite fundam...
Proof. As in the proof of Bonnet's theorem, it suffices to prove the diameter estimate. As before, let \( \gamma \) be a minimizing unit speed geodesic segment of\n\nlength \( L > {\pi R} \) . Let \( \left( {{E}_{1},\ldots ,{E}_{n}}\right) \) be a parallel orthonormal frame along \( \gamma \) such that \( {E}_{n} = \do...
Yes
Theorem 11.9. (Rauch Comparison Theorem) Let \( M \) and \( \widetilde{M} \) be Riemannian manifolds, let \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \rightarrow M \) and \( \widetilde{\gamma } : \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \widetilde{M} \) be unit speed geodesic segments such that \( \widetilde{\gamm...
You can find proofs in [dC92], [CE75], and [Spi79, volume 4]. Letting \( \widetilde{M} \) be one of our constant curvature model spaces, we recover the Jacobi field comparison theorem above. On the other hand, if instead we take \( M \) to have constant curvature, we get the same result with the inequalities reversed.
No
Theorem 11.10. (The Sphere Theorem) Suppose \( M \) is a complete, simply-connected, Riemannian n-manifold that is strictly \( \frac{1}{4} \) -pinched. Then \( M \) is homeomorphic to \( {\mathbf{S}}^{n} \) .
The proof, which can be found in [CE75] or [dC92], is an elaborate application of the Rauch comparison theorem together with the Morse index theorem mentioned in Chapter 10. This result is sharp, at least in even dimensions, because the Fubini-Study metrics on complex projective spaces are \( \frac{1}{4} \) -pinched (P...
Yes
Theorem 11.11. (Hamilton) Suppose \( M \) is a simply-connected compact Riemannian 3-manifold with strictly positive Ricci curvature. Then \( M \) is diffeomorphic to \( {\mathbf{S}}^{3} \) .
Null
No
Corollary 11.13. (Classification of Constant Curvature Metrics) Suppose \( M \) is a complete, connected Riemannian manifold with constant sectional curvature. Then \( M \) is isometric to \( \widetilde{M}/\Gamma \), where \( \widetilde{M} \) is one of the constant curvature model spaces \( {\mathbf{R}}^{n},{\mathbf{S}...
Proof. If \( \pi : \widetilde{M} \rightarrow M \) is the universal covering space of \( M \) with the lifted metric \( \widetilde{g} = {\pi }^{ * }g \), the preceding theorem shows that \( \left( {\widetilde{M},\widetilde{g}}\right) \) is isometric to one of the model spaces. From covering space theory [Sie92, Mas67] i...
Yes
Lemma 1. Let \( S \) have density \( \alpha \) and \( 0 \in S \) . Then \( S \oplus S \) has density at least \( {2\alpha } - {\alpha }^{2} \) .
Proof. All the gaps in the set \( S \) are covered in part by the translation of \( S \) by the term of \( S \) just before this gap. Hence, at least the fraction \( \alpha \) of this gap gets covered. So from this covering we have density \( \alpha \) from \( S \) itself and \( \alpha \) times the gaps. Altogether, th...
Yes
Lemma 2. If \( S \) has density \( \alpha > \frac{1}{2} \), then \( S \oplus S \) contains all the positive integers.
Proof. Fix an integer \( n \) which is arbitrary, let \( A \) be the subset of \( S \) which lies \( \leq n \), and let \( B \) be the set of all \( n \) minus elements of \( S \) . Since \( A \) contains more than \( n/2 \) elements and \( B \) contains at least \( n/2 \) elements, the Pigeonhole principle guarantees ...
Yes
Lemma 3. Let \( k > 1 \) be a fixed integer. There exists a \( {C}_{1} \) such that, for any positive integers \( N, a, b \) with \( \left( {a, b}\right) = 1 \) , \[ \left| {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}e\left( {\frac{a}{b}{n}^{k}}\right) }\right| \leq {C}_{1}{N}^{1 + o\left( 1\right) }{b}^{-{2}^{1 - k}}. \]
Null
No
Lemma 4. There exists \( \epsilon > 0 \) and \( {C}_{2} \) such that, throughout any interval \( {I}_{a, b, N} \) , \[ \left| {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}e\left( {x{n}^{k}}\right) }\right| \leq \frac{{C}_{2}N}{{\left( b + j\right) }^{\epsilon }} \]
Proof. This is almost trivial if \( b > {N}^{2/3} \), for, since the derivative of \( \left| {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}e\left( {x{n}^{k}}\right) }\right| \) is bounded by \( {2\pi }{N}^{k + 1} \) , \[ \left| {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}e\left( {x{n}^{k}}\right) }\right| \leq \left| {\mathop{\sum }\lim...
Yes
Theorem 1.1.4 Let \( {A}_{0},{A}_{1},{A}_{2},\ldots \) be countable sets. Then their union \( A = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{0}^{\infty }{A}_{n} \) is countable.
Proof. For each \( n \), choose an enumeration \( {a}_{n0},{a}_{n1},{a}_{n2},\ldots \) of \( {A}_{n} \) . We enumerate \( A = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{n}{A}_{n} \) following the above diagonal method.
Yes
Theorem 1.1.4 Let \( {A}_{0},{A}_{1},{A}_{2},\ldots \) be countable sets. Then their union \( A = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{0}^{\infty }{A}_{n} \) is countable.
Proof. For each \( n \), choose an enumeration \( {a}_{n0},{a}_{n1},{a}_{n2},\ldots \) of \( {A}_{n} \) . We enumerate \( A = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{n}{A}_{n} \) following the above diagonal method.
Yes
Theorem 1.1.8 (Cantor) For any two real numbers \( a, b \) with \( a < b \), the interval \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) is uncountable.
Proof. (Cantor) Let \( \left( {a}_{n}\right) \) be a sequence in \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . Define an increasing sequence \( \left( {b}_{n}\right) \) and a decreasing sequence \( \left( {c}_{n}\right) \) in \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) inductively as follows: Put \( {b}_{0} = a \) and \( {c}_{0}...
Yes
Theorem 1.1.8 (Cantor) For any two real numbers \( a, b \) with \( a < b \), the interval \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) is uncountable.
Proof. (Cantor) Let \( \left( {a}_{n}\right) \) be a sequence in \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . Define an increasing sequence \( \left( {b}_{n}\right) \) and a decreasing sequence \( \left( {c}_{n}\right) \) in \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) inductively as follows: Put \( {b}_{0} = a \) and \( {c}_{0}...
Yes
Theorem 1.1.9 The set \( \{ 0,1{\} }^{\mathbb{N}} \), consisting of all sequences of 0’s and 1’s, is uncountable.
Proof. Let \( \left( {\alpha }_{n}\right) \) be a sequence in \( \{ 0,1{\} }^{\mathbb{N}} \) . Define \( \alpha \in \{ 0,1{\} }^{\mathbb{N}} \) by\n\n\[ \alpha \left( n\right) = 1 - {\alpha }_{n}\left( n\right), n \in \mathbb{N}. \]\n\nThen \( \alpha \neq {\alpha }_{i} \) for all \( i \) . Since \( \left( {\alpha }_{n}...
Yes
Theorem 1.2.1 (Cantor) For any set \( X, X{ < }_{c}\mathcal{P}\left( X\right) \) .
Proof. First assume that \( X = \varnothing \) . Then \( \mathcal{P}\left( X\right) = \{ \varnothing \} \) . The only function on \( X \) is the empty function \( \varnothing \), which is not onto \( \{ \varnothing \} \) . This observation proves the result when \( X = \varnothing \) .\n\nNow assume that \( X \) is non...
Yes
Theorem 1.2.3 (Schröder - Bernstein Theorem) For any two sets \( X \) and \( Y \) , \[ \left( {X{ \leq }_{c}Y\& Y{ \leq }_{c}X}\right) \Rightarrow X \equiv Y. \]
Proof. (Dedekind) Let \( X{ \leq }_{c}Y \) and \( Y{ \leq }_{c}X \) . Fix one-to-one maps \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) and \( g : Y \rightarrow X \) . We have to show that \( X \) and \( Y \) have the same cardinality; i.e., that there is a bijection \( h \) from \( X \) onto \( Y \) .\n\nWe first show that there is a set...
Yes
Corollary 1.2.4 For sets \( A \) and \( B \) ,
\[ A{ < }_{c}B \Leftrightarrow A{ \leq }_{c}B\& B{ \nleq }_{c}A. \]
Yes
Example 1.2.5 Define \( f : \mathcal{P}\left( \mathbb{N}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \), the set of all real numbers, by\n\n\[ f\left( A\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n \in A}}\frac{2}{{3}^{n + 1}}, A \subseteq \mathbb{N}. \]\n\nThen \( f \) is one-to-one. Therefore, \( \mathcal{P}\left( \mathbb{N}\right) { \leq }...
Now consider the map \( g \) :\n\n\( \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\left( \mathbb{Q}\right) \) by\n\n\[ g\left( x\right) = \{ r \in \mathbb{Q} \mid r < x\}, x \in \mathbb{R}. \]\n\nClearly, \( g \) is one-to-one and so \( \mathbb{R}{ \leq }_{c}\mathcal{P}\left( \mathbb{Q}\right) \) . As \( \mathbb{Q} \equiv \mathbb...
Yes
Example 1.2.6 Fix a one-to-one map \( x \rightarrow \left( {{x}_{0},{x}_{1},{x}_{2},\ldots }\right) \) from \( \mathbb{R} \) onto \( \{ 0,1{\} }^{\mathbb{N}} \), the set of sequences of 0 ’s and 1’s. Then the function \( \left( {x, y}\right) \rightarrow \) \( \left( {{x}_{0},{y}_{0},{x}_{1},{y}_{1},\ldots }\right) \) f...
Null
No
Theorem 1.3.1 If \( X \) is infinite and \( A \subseteq X \) finite, then \( X \smallsetminus A \) and \( X \) have the same cardinality.
Proof. Let \( A = \left\{ {{a}_{0},{a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{n}}\right\} \) with the \( {a}_{i} \) ’s distinct. By \( \mathbf{{AC}} \), there exist distinct elements \( {a}_{n + 1},{a}_{n + 2},\ldots \) in \( X \smallsetminus A \) . To see this, fix a choice function \( f : \mathcal{P}\left( X\right) \smallsetminus \{ \varn...
Yes
Corollary 1.3.2 Show that for any infinite set \( X,\mathbb{N}{ \leq }_{c}X \) ; i.e., every infinite set \( X \) has a countable infinite subset.
Null
No
Example 1.3.4 Let \( X \) and \( Y \) be any two sets. A partial function \( f \) : \( X \rightarrow Y \) is a function with domain a subset of \( X \) and range contained in \( Y \) . Let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) and \( g : X \rightarrow Y \) be partial functions. We say that \( g \) extends \( f \), or \( f \) is a ...
Null
No
Example 1.3.5 Let \( V \) be a vector space over any field \( F \) and \( P \) the set of all independent subsets of \( V \) ordered by the inclusion \( \subseteq \) . Then \( P \) is a poset that is not a linearly ordered set.
In 1.3.5, Let \( C \) be a chain in \( P \) . Then for any two elements \( E \) and \( F \) of \( P \), either \( E \subseteq F \) or \( F \subseteq E \) . It follows that \( \bigcup C \) itself is an independent set and so is an upper bound of \( C \) .
No
Proposition 1.3.7 Every vector space \( V \) has a basis.
Proof. Let \( P \) be the poset defined in 1.3.5; i.e., \( P \) is the set of all independent subsets of \( V \) . Since every singleton set \( \{ v\}, v \neq 0 \), is an independent set, \( P \neq \varnothing \) . As shown earlier, every chain in \( P \) has an upper bound. Therefore, by Zorn’s lemma, \( P \) has a ma...
Yes
Theorem 1.4.1 For any two sets \( X \) and \( Y \), at least one of\n\n\[ X{ \leq }_{c}Y\text{or}Y{ \leq }_{c}X \]\n\nholds.
Proof. Without loss of generality we can assume that both \( X \) and \( Y \) are nonempty. We need to show that either there exists a one-to-one map \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) or there exists a one-to-one map \( g : Y \rightarrow X \) . To show this, consider the poset \( {Fn}\left( {X, Y}\right) \) of all one-to-one p...
Yes
Corollary 1.4.2 Let \( A \) and \( B \) be any two sets. Then exactly one of\n\n\[ A{ < }_{c}B, A \equiv B,\text{ and }B{ < }_{c}A \] \n\nholds.
Null
No
Theorem 1.4.3 For every infinite set \( X \) ,\n\n\[ X \times \{ 0,1\} \equiv X \]
Proof. Let\n\n\[ P = \{ \left( {A, f}\right) : A \subseteq X\\text{ and }f : A \times \{ 0,1\} \rightarrow A\\text{ a bijection }\} .\n\]\n\nSince \( X \) is infinite, it contains a countably infinite set, say \( D \) . By 1.1.3, \( D \times \{ 0,1\} \equiv D \) . Therefore, \( P \) is nonempty. Consider the partial or...
Yes
Theorem 1.4.5 For every infinite set \( X \) , \[ X \times X \equiv X. \]
Proof. Let \[ P = \{ \left( {A, f}\right) : A \subseteq X\text{ and }f : A \times A \rightarrow A\text{ a bijection }\} . \] Note that \( P \) is nonempty. Consider the partial order \( \propto \) on \( P \) defined by \[ \left( {A, f}\right) \propto \left( {B, g}\right) \Leftrightarrow A \subseteq B\& f \preccurlyeq g...
Yes
Theorem 1.4.5 For every infinite set \( X \) , \[ X \times X \equiv X. \]
Proof. Let \[ P = \{ \left( {A, f}\right) : A \subseteq X\text{ and }f : A \times A \rightarrow A\text{ a bijection }\} . \] Note that \( P \) is nonempty. Consider the partial order \( \propto \) on \( P \) defined by \[ \left( {A, f}\right) \propto \left( {B, g}\right) \Leftrightarrow A \subseteq B\& f \preccurlyeq g...
Yes
Proposition 1.4.8 (J. König,[58]) Let \( \\left\\{ {{X}_{i} : i \\in I}\\right\\} \) and \( \\left\\{ {{Y}_{i} : i \\in I}\\right\\} \) be families of sets such that \( {X}_{i}{ < }_{c}{Y}_{i} \) for each \( i \\in I \) . Then there is no map \( f \) from \( \\mathop{\\bigcup }\\limits_{i}{X}_{i} \) onto \( {\\Pi }_{i}...
Proof. Let \( f : \\mathop{\\bigcup }\\limits_{i}{X}_{i} \\rightarrow {\\Pi }_{i}{Y}_{i} \) be any map. For any \( i \\in I \\), let\n\n\[ \n{A}_{i} = {Y}_{i} \\smallsetminus {\\pi }_{i}\\left( {f\\left( {X}_{i}\\right) }\\right)\n\]\n\nwhere \( {\\pi }_{i} : \\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{j}{Y}_{j} \\rightarrow {Y}_{i} \)...
Yes
\[ {2}^{\mathfrak{c}} \leq {\aleph }_{0}^{\mathfrak{c}} \]
\[ {2}^{\mathfrak{c}} \leq {\aleph }_{0}^{\mathfrak{c}}\;\text{ (since }2 \leq {\aleph }_{0}\text{ ) } \] \[ \leq {\mathfrak{c}}^{\mathfrak{c}}\;\text{ (since }{\aleph }_{0} \leq \mathfrak{c}\text{ ) } \] \[ = {\left( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}}\right) }^{\mathfrak{c}}\;\left( {\text{since}\mathfrak{c} = {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}}}\r...
Yes
Proposition 1.6.2 A linearly ordered set \( \\left( {W, \\leq }\\right) \) is well-ordered if and only if there is no descending sequence \( {w}_{0} > {w}_{1} > {w}_{2} > \\cdots \) in \( W \) .
Proof. Let \( W \) be not well-ordered. Then there is a nonempty subset \( A \) of \( W \) not having a least element. Choose any \( {w}_{0} \\in A \) . Since \( {w}_{0} \) is not the first element of \( A \), there is a \( {w}_{1} \\in A \) such that \( {w}_{1} < {w}_{0} \) . Since \( {w}_{1} \) is not the first eleme...
Yes
Example 1.6.3 Let \( W = \mathbb{N}\bigcup \{ \infty \} \). Let \( \leq \) be defined in the usual way on \( \mathbb{N} \) and let \( i < \infty \) for \( i \in \mathbb{N} \). Clearly, \( W \) is a well-ordered set. Since \( W \) has a last element and \( {\omega }_{0} \) does not, \( \left( {W, \leq }\right) \) is not...
Null
No
Proposition 1.6.5 No well-ordered set \( W \) is order isomorphic to an initial segment \( W\left( u\right) \) of itself.
Proof. Let \( W \) be a well-ordered set and \( u \in W \) . Suppose \( W \) and \( W\left( u\right) \) are isomorphic. Let \( f : W \rightarrow W\left( u\right) \) be an order isomorphism. For \( n \in \mathbb{N} \) , let \( {w}_{n} = {f}^{n}\left( u\right) \) . Note that\n\n\[ \n{w}_{0} = {f}^{0}\left( u\right) = u >...
Yes
Proposition 1.7.1 (Proof by induction) For each \( n \in \mathbb{N} \), let \( {P}_{n} \) be a mathematical proposition. Suppose \( {P}_{0} \) is true and for every \( n,{P}_{n + 1} \) is true whenever \( {P}_{n} \) is true. Then for every \( n,{P}_{n} \) is true. Symbolically, we can express this as follows.
The proof of this proposition uses two basic properties of the set of natural numbers. First, it is well-ordered by the usual order, and second, every nonzero element in it is a successor. A repeated application of 1.7.1 gives us the following.
No
Proposition 1.7.2 (Definition by induction) Let \( X \) be any nonempty set. Suppose \( {x}_{0} \) is a fixed point of \( X \) and \( g : X \rightarrow X \) any map. Then there is a unique map \( f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow X \) such that \( f\left( 0\right) = {x}_{0} \) and \( f\left( {n + 1}\right) = g\left( {f\left( ...
Null
No
Theorem 1.7.3 (Proof by transfinite induction) Let \( \\left( {W, \\leq }\\right) \) be a well-ordered set, and for every \( w \\in W \), let \( {P}_{w} \) be a mathematical proposition. Suppose that for each \( w \\in W \), if \( {P}_{v} \) is true for each \( v < w \), then \( {P}_{w} \) is true. Then for every \( w ...
Proof. Let\n\n\[ \n\\left( {\\forall w \\in W}\\right) \\left( {\\left( {\\left( {\\forall v < w}\\right) {P}_{v}}\\right) \\Rightarrow {P}_{w}}\\right) .\n\]\n\n\( \\left( *\\right) \)\n\nSuppose \( {P}_{w} \) is false for some \( w \\in W \) . Consider\n\n\[ \nA = \\left\{ {w \\in W : {P}_{w}\\text{ does not hold }}\...
Yes
Theorem 1.7.4 (Definition by transfinite induction) Let \( \\left( {W, \\leq }\\right) \) be a well-ordered set, \( X \) a set, and \( \\mathcal{F} \) the set of all maps with domain an initial segment of \( W \) and range contained in \( X \) . If \( G : \\mathcal{F} \\rightarrow X \) is any map, then there is a uniqu...
Proof. For each \( w \\in W \), let \( {P}_{w} \) be the proposition \
No
Theorem 1.7.5 (Trichotomy theorem for well-ordered sets) For any two well-ordered sets \( W \) and \( {W}^{\prime } \), exactly one of\n\n\[ W \prec {W}^{\prime }, W \sim {W}^{\prime },\text{ and }{W}^{\prime } \prec W \]\n\nholds.
Proof. It is easy to see that no two of these can hold simultaneously. For example, if \( W \sim {W}^{\prime } \) and \( {W}^{\prime } \prec W \), then \( W \) is isomorphic to an initial segment of itself. This is impossible by 1.6.5.\n\nTo show that at least one of these holds, take \( X = {W}^{\prime }\bigcup \{ \in...
Yes
Corollary 1.7.6 Let \( \\left( {W, \\leq }\\right) ,\\left( {{W}^{\\prime },{ \\leq }^{\\prime }}\\right) \) be well-ordered sets. Then \( W \\preccurlyeq {W}^{\\prime } \) if and only if there is a one-to-one order-preserving map from \( W \) into \( {W}^{\\prime } \) .
Proof. Suppose there is a one-to-one order-preserving map \( g \) from \( W \) into \( {W}^{\\prime } \) . Let \( X \) and \( f : W \\rightarrow X \) be as in the proof of 1.7.5. Then, by induction on \( w \), we easily show that for every \( w \\in W, f\\left( w\\right) { \\leq }^{\\prime }g\\left( w\\right) \) . Ther...
Yes
Theorem 1.7.7 Let \( \mathcal{W} = \left\{ {\left( {{W}_{i},{ \leq }_{i}}\right) : i \in I}\right\} \) be a family of pairwise non-isomorphic well-ordered sets. Then there is a \( W \in \mathcal{W} \) such that \( W \prec {W}^{\prime } \) for every \( {W}^{\prime } \in \mathcal{W} \) different from \( W \) .
Proof. Suppose no such \( W \) exists. Then there is a descending sequence\n\n\[ \cdots \prec {W}_{n} \prec \cdots \prec {W}_{1} \prec {W}_{0} \]\n\nin \( \mathcal{W} \) . For \( n \in \mathbb{N} \), choose a \( {w}_{n}^{\prime } \in {W}_{n} \) such that \( {W}_{n + 1} \sim {W}_{n}\left( {w}_{n}^{\prime }\right) \) . F...
Yes
Theorem 1.8.3 Every ordinal \( \alpha \) can be uniquely written as \[ \alpha = \beta + n \] where \( \beta \) is a limit ordinal and \( n \) finite.
Proof. Let \( \alpha \) be an ordinal number. We first show that there exists a limit ordinal \( \beta \) and an \( n \in \omega \) such that \( \alpha = \beta + n \) . Choose a well-ordered set \( W \) such that \( t\left( W\right) = \alpha \) . If \( W \) has no last element, then we take \( \beta = \alpha \) and \( ...
Yes
Theorem 1.8.5 The set \( \Omega \) of all countable ordinals is uncountable.
Proof. Suppose \( \Omega \) is countable. Fix an enumeration \( {\alpha }_{0},{\alpha }_{1},\ldots \) of \( \Omega \) . Then\n\n\[ \alpha = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{n}{\alpha }_{n} + 1 \]\n\n is a countable ordinal strictly larger than each \( {\alpha }_{n} \) . This is a contradiction. So, \( \Omega \) is uncountable.
Yes
Proposition 1.8.6 Let \( \alpha \) be a countable limit ordinal. Then there exist \( {\alpha }_{0} < {\alpha }_{1} < \cdots \) such that \( \sup \left\{ {{\alpha }_{n} : n \in \mathbb{N}}\right\} = \alpha \) .
Proof. Since \( \alpha \) is countable, \( \{ \beta \in \mathbf{{ON}} : \beta < \alpha \} \) is countable. Fix an enumeration \( \left\{ {{\beta }_{n} : n \in \mathbb{N}}\right\} \) of all ordinals less than \( \alpha \) . We now define a sequence of ordinals \( \left( {\alpha }_{n}\right) \) by induction on \( n \) . ...
Yes
Proposition 1.10.7 (König’s infinity lemma, [57]) Let \( T \) be a finitely splitting, infinite tree on \( A \) . Then \( T \) is ill-founded.
Proof. Let \( T \) be a finitely splitting, infinite tree on \( A \) . Let \( \left( {a}_{0}\right) \) be a node of \( T \) with infinitely many extensions in \( T \) . Since \( T \) is finitely splitting (and \( e \in T),\{ a \in A : \left( a\right) \in T\} \) is finite. Further, \( T \) is infinite. So, \( \left( {a}...
Yes
Example 1.10.3 The tree\n\n\\[ T = \\{ e\\} \\bigcup \\left\\{ {i{0}^{j} : j \\leq i, i \\in \\mathbb{N}}\\right\\} \\]\n\nis infinite and well-founded.
Null
No
Example 1.10.4 Let \( T \) be a tree and \( u \) a node of \( T \) . The set\n\n\[ \n{T}_{u} = \\left\\{ {v \\in {A}^{ < \\mathbb{N}} : u \\hat{} v \\in T}\\right\\} \n\]\n\nforms a tree. (See Figure 1.4.)
Null
No
Proposition 1.10.7 (König’s infinity lemma, [57]) Let \( T \) be a finitely splitting, infinite tree on \( A \) . Then \( T \) is ill-founded.
Proof. Let \( T \) be a finitely splitting, infinite tree on \( A \) . Let \( \left( {a}_{0}\right) \) be a node of \( T \) with infinitely many extensions in \( T \) . Since \( T \) is finitely splitting (and \( e \in T),\{ a \in A : \left( a\right) \in T\} \) is finite. Further, \( T \) is infinite. So, \( \left( {a}...
Yes