Harmonic Riemannian maps on locally conformal Kaehler manifolds

We study harmonic Riemannian maps on locally conformal Kaehler manifolds (lcK manifolds). We show that if a Riemannian holomorphic map between lcK manifolds is harmonic, then the Lee vector field of the domain belongs to the kernel of the Riemannian map under a condition. When the domain is Kaehler, we prove that a Riemannian holomorphic map is harmonic if and only if the lcK manifold is Kaehler. Then we find similar results for Riemannian maps between lcK manifolds and Sasakian manifolds. Finally, we check the constancy of some maps between almost complex (or almost contact) manifolds and almost product manifolds.     

A curvature identity on a 6-dimensional Riemannian manifold and its applications

We derive a curvature identity that holds on any 6-dimensional Riemannian manifold, from the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a 6-dimensional closed Riemannian manifold. Moreover, some applications of the curvature identity are given. We also define a generalization of harmonic manifolds to study the Lichnerowicz conjecture for a harmonic manifold “a harmonic manifold is locally symmetric” and provide another proof of the Lichnerowicz conjecture refined by Ledger for the 4-dimensional case under a slightly more general setting.     

An analytic method in general relativity

An analytic method, which Wu called the “Bochner technique,” has been used for fifty years to describe global Riemannian and Kähler geometries. We use this method to describe conformally Killing vector fields and harmonic timelike vector fields on a Lorentzian manifold and to study hydrodynamic models of the Universe, the existence of closed spacelike sections, and the possibility of fibering Lorentzian manifolds.     

On weakly harmonic maps from Finsler to Riemannian manifolds

We prove global C0,α$C^{0,\alpha }$-estimates for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of Riemannian target manifolds generalizing results of Giaquinta, Hildebrandt, and Hildebrandt, Jost and Widman from Riemannian to Finsler domains. As consequences we obtain a Liouville theorem for entire harmonic maps on simple Finsler manifolds, and an existence theorem for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of a Riemannian target.     

RC-positivity and rigidity of harmonic maps into Riemannian manifolds Dedicated to Professor Lo Yang on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

In this paper,we show that every harmonic map from a compact K?hler manifold with uniformly RC-positive curvature to a Riemannian manifold with non-positive complex sectional curvature is constant.In particular,there is no non-constant harmonic map from a compact Koahler manifold with positive holomorphic sectional curvature to a Riemannian manifold with non-positive complex sectional curvature.     

Harmonic transforms of complete Riemannian manifolds

Vanishing theorems for harmonic and infinitesimal harmonic transformations of complete Riemannian manifolds are proved. The proof uses well-known Liouville theorems on subharmonic functions on noncompact complete Riemannian manifolds.     

Harmonic map heat flow with free boundary

In this paper, we study the harmonic map heat flow with free boundary from a Riemannian surface with smooth boundary into a compact Riemannian manifold. As a consequence, we get at least one disk-type minimal surface in a compact Riemannian manifold without minimal 2-sphere.     

Harmonic sections of Riemannian vector bundles, and metrics of Cheeger-Gromoll type

We study harmonic sections of a Riemannian vector bundle E→M when E is equipped with a 2-parameter family of metrics hp,q which includes both the Sasaki and Cheeger-Gromoll metrics. For every k>0 there exists a unique p such that the harmonic sections of the radius-k sphere subbundle are harmonic sections of E with respect to hp,q for all q. In both compact and non-compact cases, Bernstein regions of the (p,q)-plane are identified, where the only harmonic sections of E with respect to hp,q are parallel. Examples are constructed of vector fields which are harmonic sections of E=TM in the case where M is compact and has non-zero Euler characteristic.     

A Bochner Technique for Harmonic Morphisms

We establish a Weitzenböck formula for harmonic morphismsbetween Riemannian manifolds and show that under suitable curvatureconditions, such a map is totally geodesic. As an applicationof the Weitzenböck formula we obtain some non-existenceresults of a global nature for harmonic morphisms and totallygeodesic horizontally conformal maps between compact Riemannianmanifolds. In particular, it is shown that the only harmonicmorphisms from a Riemannian symmetric space of compact typeto a compact Riemann surface of genus at least 1 are the constantmaps.     

Harmonic and conformally Killing forms on complete Riemannian manifold

We present a classification of complete locally irreducible Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator, which admit a nonzero and nondecomposable harmonic form with its square-integrable norm. We prove a vanishing theorem for harmonic forms on complete generic Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator. We obtain similar results for closed and co-closed conformal Killing forms.     

A regularity theory for intrinsic minimising fractional harmonic maps

We define and develop an interior partial regularity theory for intrinsic energy minimising fractional harmonic maps from Euclidean space into smooth compact Riemannian manifolds for fractional powers strictly between zero and one. Intrinsic fractional harmonic maps are critical points of an energy whose first variation is a Dirichlet to Neumann map for the harmonic map problem on a half-space with a Riemannian metric which can degenerate/become singular along the boundary, depending on the fractional power. Similarly to the approach used to prove regularity for stationary intrinsic semi-harmonic maps, we take advantage of the connection between fractional harmonic maps and free boundary problems for harmonic maps in order to develop a partial regularity theory for the fractional harmonic maps we consider. In particular, we prove partial regularity for locally minimising harmonic maps with (partially) free boundary data on half-spaces with the aforementioned metrics up to the boundary; fractional harmonic maps then inherit this regularity. As a by-product of our methods we shed some new light on the monotonicity of the average energy of solutions of the degenerate linear elliptic equation related to fractional harmonic functions.     

Almost contact metric manifolds whose Reeb vector field is a harmonic section

We investigate almost contact metric manifolds whose Reeb vector field is a harmonic unit vector field, equivalently a harmonic section. We first consider an arbitrary Riemannian manifold and characterize the harmonicity of a unit vector field ??, when ??? is symmetric, in terms of Ricci curvature. Then, we show that for the class of locally conformal almost cosymplectic manifolds whose Reeb vector field ?? is geodesic, ?? is a harmonic section if and only if it is an eigenvector of the Ricci operator. Moreover, we build a large class of locally conformal almost cosymplectic manifolds whose Reeb vector field is a harmonic section. Finally, we exhibit several classes of almost contact metric manifolds where the associated almost contact metric structures ?? are harmonic sections, in the sense of Vergara-Diaz and Wood?[25], and in some cases they are also harmonic maps.     

Harmonic morphisms as unit normal bundles¶of minimal surfaces

Let be an isometric immersion between Riemannian manifolds and be the unit normal bundle of f. We discuss two natural Riemannian metrics on the total space and necessary and sufficient conditions on f for the projection map to be a harmonic morphism. We show that the projection map of the unit normal bundle of a minimal surface in a Riemannian manifold is a harmonic morphism with totally geodesic fibres. Received: 6 February 1999     

A construction of conformal-harmonic maps

Conformal harmonic maps from a 4-dimensional conformal manifold to a Riemannian manifold are maps satisfying a certain conformally invariant fourth order equation. We prove a general existence result for conformal harmonic maps, analogous to the Eells–Sampson theorem for harmonic maps. The proof uses a geometric flow and relies on results of Gursky–Viaclovsky and Lamm.     

Nodal domains and growth of harmonic functions on noncompact manifolds

Harmonic functions are studied on complete Riemannian manifolds. A decay estimate is given for bounded harmonic functions of variable sign. For unbounded harmonic functions of variable sign, relations are derived between growth properties and nodal domains. On Riemannian manifolds of nonnegative Ricci curvature, it has been conjectured that harmonic functions, having at most a given order of polynomial growth, must form a finite dimensional vector space. This conjecture is established in certain special cases.     

Harmonic maps from closed Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature

It is well known there is no non-constant harmonic map from a closed Riemannian manifold of positive Ricci curvature to a complete Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature. By reducing the assumption on the Ricci curvature to one on the scalar curvature, such vanishing theorem cannot hold in general. This raises the question: “What information can we obtain from the existence of non-constant harmonic map?” This paper gives answer to this problem; the results obtained are optimal.     

Harmonic morphisms from homogeneous Hadamard manifolds

We present a new method for manufacturing complex-valued harmonic morphisms from a wide class of Riemannian Lie groups. This yields new solutions from an important family of homogeneous Hadamard manifolds. We also give a new method for constructing left-invariant foliations on a large class of Lie groups producing harmonic morphisms.     

Geometrically Formal Homogeneous Metrics of Positive Curvature

A Riemannian manifold is called geometrically formal if the wedge product of harmonic forms is again harmonic, which implies in the compact case that the manifold is topologically formal in the sense of rational homotopy theory. A manifold admitting a Riemannian metric of positive sectional curvature is conjectured to be topologically formal. Nonetheless, we show that among the homogeneous Riemannian metrics of positive sectional curvature a geometrically formal metric is either symmetric, or a metric on a rational homology sphere.     

Riemannian Lie groups with no left-invariant complex-valued harmonic morphisms

We study left-invariant complex-valued harmonic morphisms from Riemannian Lie groups. We show that in each dimension greater than 3 there exist Riemannian Lie groups that do not have any such solutions.     

The Liouville’s theorem of harmonic functions on Alexandrov spaces with nonnegative Ricci curvature

In this paper, the authors prove the Liouville’s theorem for harmonic function on Alexandrov spaces by heat kernel approach, which extends the Liouville’s theorem of harmonic function from Riemannian manifolds to Alexandrov spaces.