On the energy of unit vector fields with isolated singularities

DOI10.4064/ap-73-3-269-274zbMath0997.53025OpenAlexW961766411MaRDI QIDQ4521782

Paweł G. Walczak, Fabiano Gustavo Braga Brito

Publication date: 10 November 2002

Published in: Annales Polonici Mathematici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4064/ap-73-3-269-274

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldenergy of vector field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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