Some results on harmonic and bi-harmonic maps

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (07) ◽  
pp. 1750098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mohammed Cherif
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Vector Field ◽  
Convex Function ◽  
Open Problem ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Complete Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Strongly Convex Function ◽  
Strongly Convex ◽  
Homothetic Vector

In this paper, we prove that any bi-harmonic map from a compact orientable Riemannian manifold without boundary [Formula: see text] to Riemannian manifold [Formula: see text] is necessarily constant with [Formula: see text] admitting a strongly convex function [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] is a Jacobi-type vector field (or [Formula: see text] admitting a proper homothetic vector field). We also prove that every harmonic map from a complete Riemannian manifold into a Riemannian manifold admitting a proper homothetic vector field, satisfying some condition, is constant. We present an open problem.

scholarly journals Some results on stable p-harmonic maps

1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leung-Fu Cheung ◽  
Pui-Fai Leung
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Critical Point ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Energy Functional ◽  
Complete Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Simply Connected

For each p ∈ [2, ∞)a p-harmonic map f:Mm→Nn is a critical point of the p-energy functionalwhere Mm is a compact and Nn a complete Riemannian manifold of dimensions m and n respectively. In a recent paper [3], Takeuchi has proved that for a certain class of simply-connected δ-pinched Nn and certain type of hypersurface Nn in ℝn+1, the only stable p-harmonic maps for any compact Mm are the constant maps. Our purpose in this note is to establish the following theorem which complements Takeuchi's results.

Counterexamples to Smoothing Convex Functions

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Adrian Neale Smith
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Convex Function ◽  
Convex Functions ◽  
Strongly Convex Functions ◽  
Strongly Convex Function ◽  
Strongly Convex

AbstractGreene and Wu have shown that any continuous strongly convex function on a Riemannian manifold can be uniformly approximated by infinitely differentiable strongly convex functions. This result is not true if the word “strongly” is omitted; in this paper, we give examples of manifolds on which convex functions cannot be approximated by convex functions (k = 0, 1,2,...).

Stability and constant boundary-value problems of harmonic maps with potential

2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
General Class ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Harmonic Maps With Potential

AbstractLet M, N be Riemannian manifolds, f: M → N a harmonic map with potential H, namely, a smooth critical point of the functional EH(f) = ∫M[e(f)−H(f)], where e(f) is the energy density of f. Some results concerning the stability of these maps between spheres and any Riemannian manifold are given. For a general class of M, this paper also gives a result on the constant boundary-value problem which generalizes the result of Karcher-Wood even in the case of the usual harmonic maps. It can also be applied to the static Landau-Lifshitz equations.

SOME RESULTS ON HARMONIC MAPS FOR FINSLER MANIFOLDS

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (09) ◽  
pp. 1017-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
QUN HE ◽  
YI-BING SHEN
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Energy Functional ◽  
Second Variation ◽  
Finsler Manifolds ◽  
Totally Geodesic ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Second Variation ◽  
Weitzenböck Formula

By simplifying the first and the second variation formulas of the energy functional and generalizing the Weitzenböck formula, we study the stability and the rigidity of harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds. It is proved that any nondegenerate harmonic map from a compact Einstein Riemannian manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature to a Berwald manifold with nonpositive flag curvature is totally geodesic and there is no nondegenerate stable harmonic map from a Riemannian unit sphere Sn (n > 2) to any Finsler manifold.

scholarly journals Sandwich theorem for reciprocally strongly convex functions

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
Mireya Bracamonte ◽  
José Giménez ◽  
Jesús Medina
Keyword(s):  
Convex Function ◽  
Convex Functions ◽  
Stability Result ◽  
Real Interval ◽  
Strongly Convex Functions ◽  
Strongly Convex Function ◽  
Strongly Convex ◽  
Sandwich Theorem ◽  
Approximate Convexity ◽  
Class Of Functions

We introduce the notion of reciprocally strongly convex functions and we present some examples and properties of them. We also prove that two real functions f and g, defined on a real interval [a, b], satisfy for all x, y ∈ [a, b] and t ∈ [0, 1] iff there exists a reciprocally strongly convex function h : [a, b] → R such that f (x) ≤ h(x) ≤ g(x) for all x ∈ [a, b]. Finally, we obtain an approximate convexity result for reciprocally strongly convex functions; namely we prove a stability result of Hyers-Ulam type for this class of functions.

BUBBLING LOCATION FOR SEQUENCES OF APPROXIMATE f-HARMONIC MAPS FROM SURFACES

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 475-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUXIANG LI ◽  
YOUDE WANG
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Homotopy Class ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Energy Identity ◽  
Minimal Point ◽  
Closed Riemann Surface

Let f be a positive smooth function on a closed Riemann surface (M, g). The f-energy of a map u from M to a Riemannian manifold (N, h) is defined as [Formula: see text] and its L2-gradient is: [Formula: see text] We will study the blow-up properties of some approximate f-harmonic map sequences in this paper. For a sequence uk : M → N with ‖τf(uk)‖L2 < C1 and Ef(uk) < C2, we will show that, if the sequence is not compact, then it must blow-up at some critical points of f or some concentrate points of |τf(uk)|2dVg. For a minimizing α-f-harmonic map sequence in some homotopy class of maps from M into N we show that, if the sequence is not compact, the blow-up points must be the minimal point of f and the energy identity holds true.

HARMONIC MAPS FROM SMOOTH METRIC MEASURE SPACES

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 1250095 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUOFANG WANG ◽  
DELIANG XU
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Ricci Tensor ◽  
Measure Space ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Harmonic Map ◽  
Metric Measure Spaces ◽  
Rigidity Results ◽  
Smooth Metric Measure Space ◽  
Smooth Metric Measure Spaces ◽  
Measure Spaces

In this paper, we study a generalized harmonic map, ϕ-harmonic map, from a smooth metric measure space (M, g, e-ϕ dv) into a Riemannian manifold. We proved various rigidity results for the ϕ-harmonic maps under conditions in terms of the Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor.

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