On the critical points of the energy functional on vector fields of a Riemannian manifold

DOI10.1007/S10455-018-9627-ZzbMATH Open1416.53036arXiv1611.07066OpenAlexW2963659434WikidataQ115384562 ScholiaQ115384562MaRDI QIDQ670320FDOQ670320

Authors: Giovanni S. Nunes, Jaime Ripoll 

Publication date: 18 March 2019

Published in: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a compact Lie subgroup $G$ of the isometry group of a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with a Riemannian connection $abla,$ it is introduced a $G-$symmetrization process of a vector field of $M$ and it is proved that the critical points of the energy functional [ F(X):=frac{int_{M}leftVert abla X ightVert ^{2}dM}{int_{M}leftVert X ightVert ^{2}dM}% ] on the space of $G-$invariant vector fields are critical points of $F$ on the space of all vector fields of $M,$ and that this inclusion may be strict in general. One proves that the infimum of $F$ on $mathbb{S}^3$ is not assumed by a $mathbb{S}^3-$invariant vector field. It is proved that the infimum of $F$ on a sphere $mathbb{S}^n,$ $ngeq2,$ of radius $1/k,$ is $k^2,$ and is assumed by a vector field invariant by the isotropy subgroup of the isometry group of $mathbb{S}^n$ at any given point of $mathbbS{\mathrm{\%}}^n.$ It is proved that if $G$ is a compact Lie subgroup of the isometry group of a compact rank $1$ symmetric space $M$ which leaves pointwise fixed a totally geodesic submanifold of dimension bigger than or equal to $1$ then all the critical points of $F$ are assumed by a $G-$invariant vector field. Finally, it is obtained a characterization of the spheres by proving that on a certain class of Riemannian compact manifolds $M$ that contains rotationally symmetric manifolds and rank $1$ symmetric spaces$,$ with positive Ricci curvature $operatorname*Ricolimit{s}_M$, $F$ has the lower bound $operatorname*Ricolimit{s}_M/left(n-1ight)$ among the $G-$ invariant vector fields, where $G$ is the isotropy subgroup of the isometry group of $M$ at a point of $M,$ and that his lower bound is attained if and only if $M$ is a sphere of radius $1/sqrtoperatorname*Ricolimit{s}_M.$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.07066

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zbMATH Keywords

critical pointenergy functionalisometry groupG-invariant vector fieldLie subgroup

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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