# Equivalence of two different notions of tangent bundle on rectifiable metric measure spaces

created by pasqualetto on 30 Nov 2016

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Preprint

Inserted: 30 nov 2016
Last Updated: 30 nov 2016

Year: 2016

Abstract:

We prove that for a suitable class of metric measure spaces, the abstract notion of tangent module as defined by the first author can be isometrically identified with the space of $L^2$-sections of the `Gromov-Hausdorff tangent bundle'.

The class of spaces $({\rm X},{\sf d},{\mathfrak m})$ we consider are PI spaces that for every $\varepsilon>0$ admit a countable collection of Borel sets $(U_i)$ covering ${\mathfrak m}$-a.e. ${\rm X}$ and corresponding $(1+\varepsilon)$-biLipschitz maps $\varphi_i:U_i\to{\mathbb R}^{k_i}$ such that $(\varphi_i)_*({\mathfrak m}\llcorner U_i)\ll\mathcal L^{k_i}$. This class is known to contain ${\sf RCD}^*(K,N)$ spaces.

Part of the work we carry out is that to give a meaning to notion of $L^2$-sections of the Gromov-Hausdorff tangent bundle, in particular explaining what it means to have a measurable map assigning to ${\mathfrak m}$-a.e. $x\in {\rm X}$ an element of the pointed-Gromov-Hausdorff limit of the blow-up of ${\rm X}$ at $x$.