\(f\)-biharmonic maps and \(f\)-biharmonic submanifolds. II. (Q2014095)

The present article continues the previous study of the author [Pac. J. Math. 271, No. 2, 461--477 (2014; Zbl 1314.58009)], by exploring the applications of \(f\)-biharmonic maps and the relationships among biharmonicity, \(f\)-biharmonicity and conformality of maps between Riemannian manifolds. The harmonic maps and the minimal submanifolds are characterized by using the concept of \(f\)-biharmonic maps, and it is proven that the set of all \(f\)-biharmonic maps from 2-dimensional domain is invariant under the conformal change of the metric on the domain. An improved equation for \(f\)-biharmonic hypersurfaces is provided, and used both to prove some rigidity theorems about \(f\)-biharmonic hypersurfaces in nonpositively curved manifolds, and to give some classifications of \(f\)-biharmonic hypersurfaces in Einstein spaces and in space forms. As well, the improved \(f\)-biharmonic hypersurface equation is used to obtain an improved equation and classifications of biharmonic conformal immersions of surfaces into a 3-manifold.