Poincaré index and the volume functional of unit vector fields on punctured spheres

DOI10.1007/S00229-019-01107-YMaRDI QIDQ2297364zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors André O. Gomes, Icaro Gonçalves, Fabiano G. B. Brito

Publication date 18 February 2020

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.01575

zbMATH Keywords

isolated singularitiesPoincaré indices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25)

Abstract: For $ngeq1$, we exhibit a lower bound for the volume of a unit vector field on $$ depending on the absolute values of its Poincar'e indices around $pmp$. We determine which vector fields achieve this volume, and discuss the idea of having multiple isolated singularities of arbitrary configurations.

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