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

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.11.003zbMATH Open1330.53046arXiv1408.2706OpenAlexW2180574938MaRDI QIDQ899237FDOQ899237

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

Publication date: 23 December 2015

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

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.

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)

Cites Work

• Analytic Proofs of the "Hairy Ball Theorem" and the Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem
• On the volume of a unit vector field on the three-sphere
• Energy and volume of vector fields on spherical domains
• Solenoidal unit vector fields with minimum energy

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