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arxiv: 1812.02086 · v1 · pith:ODA6B325new · submitted 2018-12-05 · 🧮 math.MG

Infinitesimal Hilbertianity of locally CAT(kappa)-spaces

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We show that, given a metric space $(Y,d)$ of curvature bounded from above in the sense of Alexandrov, and a positive Radon measure $\mu$ on $Y$ giving finite mass to bounded sets, the resulting metric measure space $(Y,d,\mu)$ is infinitesimally Hilbertian, i.e. the Sobolev space $W^{1,2}(Y,d,\mu)$ is a Hilbert space. The result is obtained by constructing an isometric embedding of the `abstract and analytical' space of derivations into the `concrete and geometrical' bundle whose fibre at $x\in Y$ is the tangent cone at $x$ of $Y$. The conclusion then follows from the fact that for every $x\in Y$ such a cone is a CAT(0)-space and, as such, has a Hilbert-like structure.

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