Exercise · ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-003 · ★★☆ Intermediate
If two flows have the same final map but travel different paths, what can vary?
Choose one option.
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- C. Their energy and the intermediate trajectory
Explanation
The same final map can come from different intermediate paths and different energies. What is fixed is the outcome, not the route.
Review the concept: Diffeomorphic flow
A diffeomorphic flow \(\varphi_t\) is a family of deformations parametrized by time \(t\), where at each instant the transformation remains invertible and smooth.
\[\{\varphi_t\}_{t\in[0,1]},\quad \varphi_0=\operatorname{id}\]
More practice problems: diffeomorphic flow
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-001 For a point x, the flow equation is read as φ_t(x)=v_t(φ_t(x)). What does it describe?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-002 What role does φ_0=id play in a flow?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-004 Which hypothesis on v_t helps the flow equation have a smooth, well-determined trajectory?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-005 Which description is compatible with a diffeomorphic flow \φ_t\?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-006 What does it mean for φ_t to be a diffeomorphism?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-007 What is the field v_t in LDDMM?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-008 What does it mean for the flow to be parametrized by t∈[0,1]?
- ZW-DIFFEOMORPHIC-FLOW-009 What does the final map φ_1 do in LDDMM?