Jacobi fields along harmonic 2-spheres in 3- and 4-spheres are not all integrable (Q843027)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Jacobi fields along harmonic 2-spheres in 3- and 4-spheres are not all integrable
scientific article

    Statements

    Jacobi fields along harmonic 2-spheres in 3- and 4-spheres are not all integrable (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    29 September 2009
    0 references
    This is a very interesting paper and gives the striking result that there are non-full harmonic maps \(S^2\to S^3\), \(S^4\) with Jacobi fields that are non-integrable in the sense that they do not arise (at tangents) from smooth variations. Since the space of harmonic maps \(S^2\to S^3\) (of a given degree) is a smooth manifold, this result defies the rather simplified view of Jacobi fields as being tangent vectors at the respective harmonic maps, at least in the smooth case.
    0 references
    0 references
    harmonic map
    0 references
    Jacobi field
    0 references
    infinitesimal deformation
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references

    Identifiers