The biharmonic homotopy problem for unit vector fields on 2-tori

DOI10.1007/S10231-019-00835-YzbMATH Open1428.58015arXiv1804.11169OpenAlexW2962979676WikidataQ128410195 ScholiaQ128410195MaRDI QIDQ2332908FDOQ2332908

Authors: Eric Loubeau, Michael Markellos 

Publication date: 5 November 2019

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The bienergy of smooth maps between Riemannian manifolds, when restricted to unit vector fields, yields two different variational problems depending on whether one takes the full functional or just the vertical contribution. Their critical points, called biharmonic unit vector fields and biharmonic unit sections, form different sets. Working with surfaces, we first obtain general characterizations of biharmonic unit vector fields and biharmonic unit sections under conformal change of the metric. In the case of a 2-dimensional torus, this leads to a proof that biharmonic unit sections are always harmonic and a general existence theorem, in each homotopy class, for biharmonic unit vector fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.11169

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zbMATH Keywords

biharmonic unit vector fields2-torusbienergy functionalbiharmonic unit sections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

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