On the biharmonic and harmonic indices of the Hopf map

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Abstract: Biharmonic maps are the critical points of the bienergy functional and, from this point of view, generalise harmonic maps. We consider the Hopf map psi:s3os2 and modify it into a nonharmonic biharmonic map phi:s3os3. We show phi to be unstable and estimate its biharmonic index and nullity. Resolving the spectrum of the vertical Laplacian associated to the Hopf map, we recover Urakawa's determination of its harmonic index and nullity.




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