Existence of symmetric solutions for the Skyrme's problem (Q1094670)

The study of the structure of static configurations of mesons in a field of weak energy has received considerable attention from theoretical physicists for a long time. In the paper under review the author deals with two symmetric conditions and proves the existence of extrema for the corresponding energy. This is done in respect of functions having fixed degree apart from satisfying the already stipulated criteria. Determination of critical points of the functional \(\epsilon\) is a well- defined set X subject to certain constraints is couched in the form of a theorem: For any \(k\in Z\), problem \((\tilde I_ k)\) has a solution, i.e., there is an \(\omega_ k\in \gamma_ k\) such that \(\epsilon (\phi \omega_ k)=\tilde I_ k.\) Also statements of several interesting propositions with proof comprise complementary results.