Weak conformality of stable stationary maps for a functional related to conformality

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2012.11.002zbMATH Open1281.58012arXiv1209.4249OpenAlexW3104232138WikidataQ115356643 ScholiaQ115356643MaRDI QIDQ383789FDOQ383789

Authors: Shigeo Kawai, Nobumitsu Nakauchi 

Publication date: 6 December 2013

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $(M,g)$, $(N,h)$ be compact Riemannian manifolds without boundary, and let $f$ be a smooth map from $M$ into $N$. We consider a covariant symmetric tensor $T_f$ $=$ $displaystyle{f}^{\ast }h-frac1m|df{|}^{2}g$, where $f^{\ast }h$ denotes the pull-back metric of $h$ by $f$. The tensor $T_f$ vanishes if and only if the map $f$ is weakly conformal. The norm $|T_f|$ is a quantity which is a measure of conformality of $f$ at each point. We are concerned with maps which are critical points of the functional $Phi(f)$ $=$ $displaystylein{t}_M|T_f{|}^{2}d{v}_g$. We call such maps {it C-stationary maps}. Any conformal map or more generally any weakly conformal map is a C-stationary map. It is of interest to find when a C-stationary map is a (weakly) conformal map. In this paper we prove the following result. If $f$ is a stable C-stationary maps from the standard sphere ${mathrmS}^m$ $(mgeq5)$ or into the standard sphere ${mathrmS}^n$ $(ngeq5)$, then $f$ is a weakly conformal map.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4249

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zbMATH Keywords

variational problemconformal mapsecond variation formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43) Variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E99)

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• Two examples of harmonic maps into spheres
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• Remarks on weakly stationary maps into spheres characterized by wedge product
• Stability of \(F\)-stationary maps of a class of functionals related to conformal maps
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