scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1348419
Given an \(n\)-dimensional semi-Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) and \(h\) a symmetric \((0,2)\)-tensor field on \(M\), the generalized ``mean functions \(H_i\) of \(h\) with respect to \(g\) are defined by the characteristic polynomial \(t^n-C_n^1H_1t^{n-1}+\dots+(-1)^nH_n=0\). Some properties of the functions \(H_i\) are obtained for the cases when \((M,g)\) is: (a) a hypersurface immersed in a semi-Euclidean space; (b) a Riemannian manifold and \(h\) is the Ricci \((0,2)\)-tensor field of \(g\); (c) a semi-Riemannian manifold and \(h\) is the Hessian of a real differentiable function on \(M\). All the considerations are based on the function \(\Phi:M\to{\mathbb R}^n,\) \(\Phi(p)=(H_1(p),H_2(p),\dots,H_n(p))\) whose image lies in a concave set, named ``sandwich zone, and having as border the curve \(c:{\mathbb R}\mapsto{\mathbb R}^n\), \(c(t)=(t,t^2,\dots,t^n)\). It is shown that the image of this source behaves as a ``minimal energy set.
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