A topological lower bound for the energy of a unit vector field on a closed Euclidean hypersurface

DOI10.4064/AP200203-14-5zbMATH Open1468.57027arXiv1703.03263OpenAlexW3110739311MaRDI QIDQ4997499FDOQ4997499

Adriana V. Nicoli, Fabiano G. B. Brito, Icaro Gonçalves

Publication date: 29 June 2021

Published in: Annales Polonici Mathematici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a unit vector field on a closed immersed Euclidean hypersurface $M^{2n+1}$, $ngeq1$, we exhibit a nontrivial lower bound for its energy which depends on the degree of the Gauss map of the immersion. When the hypersurface is the unit sphere $mathbb{S}^{2n+1}$, immersed with degree one, this lower bound corresponds to a well established value from the literature. We introduce a list of functionals $mathcal{B}_k$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $M^m$, $1leqkleqm$, and show that, when the underlying manifold is a closed hypersurface, these functionals possess similar properties regarding the degree of the immersion. In addition, we prove that Hopf flows minimize $mathcal{B}_n$ on $mathbb{S}^{2n+1}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03263

zbMATH Keywords

Gauss mapenergy of vector fieldsEuclidean hypersurfacesnormal degree

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Degree theory for nonlinear operators (47H11) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25)

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