Geodesics on \(\mathrm{SO}(n)\) and a class of spherically symmetric maps as solutions to a nonlinear generalised harmonic map problem

DOI10.12775/TMNA.2018.020zbMath1400.35099OpenAlexW2765080705MaRDI QIDQ1668834

Stuart Day, Ali Taheri

Publication date: 29 August 2018

Published in: Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmna/1527127326

zbMATH Keywords

spherical twistsgeneralised harmonic map problemgeodesics on \(\mathrm{SO}(n)\)rotationally symmetric sphere-valued maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions and symmetry properties (58D19) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Compact groups (22C05) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic systems (35J57)

Related Items (4)

On a class of stationary loops on \(\mathbf{SO}(n)\) and the existence of multiple twisting solutions to a nonlinear elliptic system subject to a hard incompressibility constraint ⋮ Topology of twists, extremising twist paths and multiple solutions to the nonlinear system in variation \(\mathscr{L}[u = \nabla \mathscr{P}\)] ⋮ A class of extremising sphere-valued maps with inherent maximal tori symmetries in \(\mathbf{SO}(n)\) ⋮ Stability and local minimality of spherical harmonic twists \(u={\mathbf{Q}}(|x|) x|x|^{-1} \), positivity of second variations and conjugate points on \(\mathbf{SO}(n)\)

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