Subelliptic harmonic morphisms (Q2389191)

The authors study subelliptic harmonic morphisms i.e. smooth maps \(\phi:\Omega\to\widetilde\Omega\) among domains \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N\) and \(\widetilde\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^M\), endowed with Hörmander systems of vector fields \(X\) and \(Y\), that pull back local solutons to \(H_Y v= 0\) into local solutions to \(H_Xu= 0\), where \(H_X\) and \(H_Y\) are Hörmander operators. They show that any subelliptic harmonic morphism is an open mapping. Using a subelliptic version of the Fuglede-Ishihara theorem [due to \textit{E. Barletta}, Riv. Mat. Univ. Parma (7) 2, 33--50 (2003; Zbl 1063.58011)] it is proved that given a strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold \(M\) and a Riemannian manifold \(N\) for any heat equation morphism \(\Psi: M\times(0,\infty)\to N\times (0,\infty)\) of the form \(\Psi(x, t)= (\phi(x), h(t))\) the map \(\phi: M\to N\) is a subelliptic harmonic morphism. It is a nice selfcontained exposition on subelliptic harmonic morphisms which can be used as a short account and reference in the subject.