Total bending of vector fields on the sphere \(S^ 3\)

DOI10.1016/0926-2245(96)82419-3zbMath0866.53025OpenAlexW1985372885WikidataQ115362505 ScholiaQ115362505MaRDI QIDQ1924637

Gerrit Wiegmink

Publication date: 20 October 1996

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0926-2245(96)82419-3

zbMATH Keywords

Hopf vector fieldstotal bendingpolynomial maps from spheres to spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30)

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