Killing tensor fields on the 2-torus

DOI10.1134/S0037446616010158zbMATH Open1347.53033arXiv1411.4741MaRDI QIDQ299174FDOQ299174

Authors: Vladimir A. Sharafutdinov 

Publication date: 22 June 2016

Published in: Siberian Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A symmetric tensor field on a Riemannian manifold is called Killing field if the symmetric part of its covariant derivative is equal to zero. There is a one to one correspondence between Killing tensor fields and first integrals of the geodesic flow which depend polynomially on the velocity. Therefore Killing tensor fields closely relate to the problem of integrability of geodesic flows. In particular, the following question is still open: does there exist a Riemannian metric on the 2-torus which admits an irreducible Killing tensor field of rank $geq3$? We obtain two necessary conditions on a Riemannian metric on the 2-torus for the existence of Killing tensor fields. The first condition is valid for Killing tensor fields of arbitrary rank and relates to closed geodesics. The second condition is obtained for rank 3 Killing tensor fields and relates to isolines of the Gaussian curvature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.4741

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zbMATH Keywords

tensor analysisintegrability of geodesic flowsKilling fieldsmethod of spherical harmonics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

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• On symmetric Killing tensors and Codazzi tensors of ranks \(p \geq 2\)
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