Harmonic maps into loop spaces of compact Lie groups

We study harmonic maps from Riemann surfaces M to the loop spaces ΩG of compact Lie groups G, using the twistor approach. We conjecture that harmonic maps of the Riemann sphere ℂℙ¹ into ΩG are related to Yang-Mills G-fields on ℝ⁴. This work was partly supported by the RFBR (Grant Nos. 04-01-00236, 06-02-04012), by the program of Support of Scientific Schools (Grant No. 1542.2003.1), and by the Scientific Program of RAS “Nonlinear Dynamics”     

Harmonic maps into loop spaces eliminate of compact Lie groups

We study harmonic maps from Riemann surfaces M to the loop spacesΩG of compact Lie groups G,using the twistor approach.We conjecture that harmonic maps of the Riemann sphere CP~1 intoΩG are related to Yang-Mills G-fields on R~4.     

Some results on P-harmonic maps and exponentially harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds

This paper studies the stability of P-harmonic maps and exponentially harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds by an extrinsic average variational method in the calculus of variations. It generalizes Li＇s results in [2] and [3].     

Hermitian流形上的Bochner公式及其应用

在Hermitian流形上,将Bochner公式推广到了复向量丛上,并以此得到了Hermitian流形之间的调和映射的解析性质.     

Harmonic and holomorphic 1-forms on compact balanced Hermitian manifolds

On compact balanced Hermitian manifolds we obtain obstructions to the existence of harmonic 1-forms, ∂-harmonic (1,0)-forms and holomorphic (1,0)-forms in terms of the Ricci tensors with respect to the Riemannian curvature and the Hermitian curvature. Necessary and sufficient conditions the (1,0)-part of a harmonic 1-form to be holomorphic and vice versa, a real 1-form with a holomorphic (1,0)-part to be harmonic are found. The vanishing of the first Dolbeault cohomology groups of the twistor space of a compact irreducible hyper-Kähler manifold is shown.     

Harmonic Gauss maps of submanifolds of arbitrary codimension of the Euclidean space and sphere and some applications

It is proven results about existence and nonexistence of unit normal sections of submanifolds of the Euclidean space and sphere, which associated Gauss maps, are harmonic. Some applications to constant mean curvature hypersurfaces of the sphere and to isoparametric submanifolds are obtained too.     

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.     

Hermitian调和映照的Schwarz引理

由Jost和Yau引进的Hermitian调和映照是Riemannian流形上通常的调和映照在Hermitian流形上的一种自然的类比.本文证明了复分析中经典的Schwarz引理对一大类Hermitian调和映照仍然成立.作为推论,我们得到了半共形Hermitian调和映照的Liouville性质.     

The manifold structure of maps between open manifolds

We establish in a canonical manner a manifold structure for the completed space of bounded maps between open manifoldsM andN, assuming thatM andN are endowed with Riemannian metrics of bounded geometry up to a certain order. The identity component of the corresponding diffeomorphisms is a Banach manifold and metrizable topological group.     

A Bayesian approach to the estimation of maps between Riemannian manifolds

Let Θ be a smooth compact oriented manifold without boundary, imbedded in a Euclidean space E ^s, and let γ be a smooth map of Θ into a Riemannian manifold Λ. An unknown state θ ∈ Θ is observed via X = θ + εξ, where ε > 0 is a small parameter and ξ is a white Gaussian noise. For a given smooth prior λ on Θ and smooth estimators g(X) of the map γ we derive a second-order asymptotic expansion for the related Bayesian risk. The calculation involves the geometry of the underlying spaces Θ and Λ, in particular, the integration-by-parts formula. Using this result, a second-order minimax estimator of γ is found based on the modern theory of harmonic maps and hypo-elliptic differential operators.      

A finiteness theorem of harmonic maps from compact lie groups toO HS(H)

In this article we study the behavior of harmonic maps from compact connected Lie groups with bi-invariant metrics into a Hilbert orthogonal group. In particular, we will demonstrate that any such harmonic map always has image contained within someO(n),n<∞. Since homomorphisms are a special subset of the harmonic maps we get as a corollary an extension of the Peter-Weyl theorem, namely, that every representation of a connected compact Lie group is finite dimensional. This article was processed by the author using the LATEX style filecljour1 from Springer-Verlag.     

Harmonic conformal flows on manifolds of constant curvature

We compute the energy of conformal flows on Riemannian manifolds and we prove that conformal flows on manifolds of constant curvature are critical if and only if they are isometric.      

Hermitian metric rigidity on compact foliated manifolds

We prove a Hermitian metric rigidity theorem for leafwise symmetric Kaehler metrics on compact manifolds with smooth foliations. This provides applications to the study of the geometry of foliations as well as Kaehler manifolds that contain some symmetric geometry.     

Semi-invariant Riemannian maps from almost Hermitian manifolds

We construct Gauss–Weingarten-like formulas and define O’Neill’s tensors for Riemannian maps between Riemannian manifolds. By using these new formulas, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for Riemannian maps to be totally geodesic. Then we introduce semi-invariant Riemannian maps from almost Hermitian manifolds to Riemannian manifolds, give examples and investigate the geometry of leaves of the distributions defined by such maps. We also obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for semi-invariant maps to be totally geodesic and find decomposition theorems for the total manifold. Finally, we give a classification result for semi-invariant Riemannian maps with totally umbilical fibers.     

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 maps on Trans-Sasaki manifolds

In this paper we prove that a (?,J)-holomorphic mapf:M→N (i.e.f _*o?=Jof _*) from a Trans-Sasaki manifold to a nearly Kähler manifold is a harmonic map. We also study the stability of a such map whenM is a compact Trans-Sasaki manifold andN is a Kähler manifold.     

Harmonic maps on Sasakian manifolds

The object of the present work is to study harmonic maps on Sasakian manifolds.     

曲面调和映照的广义Frenet公式及其应用

本文建立了从曲面到复Grassmamn流形调和映照的广义Frenet公式。作为应用，我们得到了调和映照为强共形的一个等价条件。我们也讨论了等距调和映照的曲率pinching性质。从而改进了有关伪全纯曲线的相应结果。     

Second variation of harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds

The first and second variation formulas of the energy functional for a nonde-generate map between Finsler manifolds is derived. As an application, some nonexistence theorems of nonconstant stable harmonic maps from a Finsler manifold to a Riemannian manifold are given.