A theorem about energy and volume of vector fields with the ``proportional volume property

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.11.003MaRDI QIDQ899237zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors André O. Gomes, Robson M. Mesquita, Fabiano G. B. Brito

Publication date 23 December 2015

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2706

zbMATH Keywords

vector fieldsHopf flowsvolume and energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Abstract: In this paper, we define a certain "proportional volume property" for an unit vector field on a spherical domain in S3. We prove that the volume of these vector fields has an absolute minimum and this value is equal to the volume of the Hopf vector field. Some examples of such vector fields are given. We also study the minimum energy of solenoidal vector fields which coincides with a Hopf flow along the boundary of a spherical domain of an odd-dimensional euclidean sphere.

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