Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2011-03-28
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
12 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
We prove that the flat product metric on $D^n\times S^1$ is scattering rigid where $D^n$ is the unit ball in $\R^n$ and $n\geq 2$. The scattering data (loosely speaking) of a Riemannian manifold with boundary is map $S:U^+\partial M\to U^-\partial M$ from unit vectors $V$ at the boundary that point inward to unit vectors at the boundary that point outwards. The map (where defined) takes $V$ to $\gamma'_V(T_0)$ where $\gamma_V$ is the unit speed geodesic determined by $V$ and $T_0$ is the first positive value of $t$ (when it exists) such that $\gamma_V(t)$ again lies in the boundary. We show that any other Riemannian manifold $(M,\partial M,g)$ with boundary $\partial M$ isometric to $\partial(D^n\times S^1)$ and with the same scattering data must be isometric to $D^n\times S^1$. This is the first scattering rigidity result for a manifold that has a trapped geodesic. The main issue is to show that the unit vectors tangent to trapped geodesics in $(M,\partial M,g)$ have measure 0 in the unit tangent bundle.
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