A geometric approach to the classification of the equilibrium shapes of self-gravitating fluids

DOI10.1007/S00220-006-0069-2zbMATH Open1109.76006arXivmath-ph/0410044OpenAlexW2029036783MaRDI QIDQ865084FDOQ865084

Authors: Álvaro Pelayo, Daniel Peralta-Salas 

Publication date: 13 February 2007

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classification of the possible equilibrium shapes that a self-gravitating fluid can take in a Riemannian manifold is a classical problem in mathematical physics. In this paper it is proved that the equilibrium shapes are isoparametric submanifolds. Some geometric properties of the equilibrium shapes are also obtained, specifically the relationship with the isoperimetric problem and the group of isometries of the manifold. This work follows the new geometric approach to the problem developed by the author (see math-ph/0305038)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0305038

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zbMATH Keywords

isoperimetric problemRiemannian spacesisoparametric submanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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