Stochastic and geometric analysis of two infinite-dimensional groups

Date of Completion

January 2010

Keywords

Mathematics

Degree

Ph.D.

Abstract

The two groups I studied in this dissertation are Diff(S 1), the group of orientation-preserving C-diffeomorphisms of the circle, and Sp(∞), an infinite-dimensional symplectic group arising from certain symplectic representation of the group Diff(S1). In Chapter 1, I constructed Brownian motion on Diff(S1) associated with a very strong metric of the Lie algebra diff(S1). In Chapter 2, I first studied the relationship between Diff(S 1) and Sp(∞) and found that they are not isomorphic with each other, then I constructed a Brownian motion on the group Sp(∞). In Chapter 3, I computed the Ricci curvature of the group Sp(∞) associated with a certain inner product on the Lie algebra sp (∞). ^

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