Tangent bundle geometry induced by second order partial differential equations

DOI10.1016/J.MATPUR.2016.02.011zbMATH Open1343.58017arXiv1412.2377OpenAlexW2962789381WikidataQ115343541 ScholiaQ115343541MaRDI QIDQ301028FDOQ301028

Authors: G. E. Prince, David J. Saunders, Olga Rossi 

Publication date: 29 June 2016

Published in: Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Neuvième Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how the tangent bundle decomposition generated by a system of ordinary differential equations may be generalized to the case of a system of second order PDEs `of connection type'. Whereas for ODEs the decomposition is intrinsic, for PDEs it is necessary to specify a closed 1-form on the manifold of independent variables, together with a transverse local vector field. The resulting decomposition provides several natural curvature operators. The harmonic map equation is examined, and in this case both the 1-form and the vector field arise naturally.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2377

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zbMATH Keywords

partial differential equationscurvatureconnectiontangent bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60) Systems of nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G50) Overdetermined problems for partial differential equations and systems of partial differential equations (35N99) Jets in global analysis (58A20)

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