Harmonic diffeomorphisms between domains in the Euclidean 2-sphere

DOI10.4171/CMH/318MaRDI QIDQ2448619zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Antonio Alarcón, Rabah Souam

Publication date 2 May 2014

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1960

zbMATH Keywords

harmonic diffeomorphismsmaximal graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: We study the existence or not of harmonic diffeomorphisms between certain domains in the Euclidean 2-sphere. In particular, we show harmonic diffeomorphisms from circular domains in the complex plane onto finitely punctured spheres, with at least two punctures. This result follows from a general existence theorem for maximal graphs in the Lorentzian product $Mimesmathbb{R}_1,$ where $M$ is an arbitrary $n$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold, $ngeq2.$ In contrast, we show that there is no harmonic diffeomorphism from the unit complex disc onto the once punctured sphere and no harmonic diffeomeorphisms from finitely punctured spheres onto circular domains in the Euclidean 2-sphere.

Review text

Summary: We study the existence or non-existence of harmonic diffeomorphisms between certain domains in the Euclidean 2-sphere. In particular, we show the existence of harmonic diffeomorphisms from circular domains in the complex plane onto finitely punctured spheres, with at least two punctures. This result follows from a general existence theorem for maximal graphs in the Lorentzian product \(\mathbb{M}\times\mathbb{R}_1\), where \(\mathbb{M}\) is an arbitrary \(\mathfrak{n}\)-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold, \(\mathfrak{n}\geq 2\). In contrast, we show that there is no harmonic diffeomorphism from the unit complex disc onto the once-punctured sphere and no harmonic diffeomeorphisms from finitely punctured spheres onto circular domains in the Euclidean 2-sphere.

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