Oscillator and pendulum equation on pseudo-Riemannian spaces (Q1362575)

The authors study vector fields on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds \((M,g)\) which are locally gradient fields. This is closely related with a certain differential equation for the Hessian of a real function. In the article, the are given global solutions of the oscillatory and pendulum equation: \[ \nabla^2\varphi+ h(\varphi)\cdot g=0\qquad(\text{oscillator}) \] and \[ \nabla^2\varphi+ \omega^2\cdot\sin\varphi\cdot g=0\qquad(\text{pendulum}). \]