The existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds of Riemannian manifolds

In this paper,we consider the existence of harmonic maps from a Finsler manifold and study the characterisation of harmonic maps,in the spirit of Ishihara.Using heat quation method we show that any map from a compact Finsler manifold M to a compact Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature can be deformed into a harmonic map which has minimum energy in its homotopy class.     

The existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds

In this paper,we consider the existence of harmonic maps from a Finsler man-ifold and study the characterisation of harmonic maps,in the spirit of lshihara.Using heatequation method we show that any map from a compact Finsler manifold M to a com-pact Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature can be deformed into aharmonic map which has minimum energy in its homotopy class.     

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].     

Partial regularity results up to the boundary for harmonic maps into a Finsler manifold

We study the energy functional for maps from a Riemannian m-manifold M   into a Finsler space N=(Rn,F)$N=({\mathbb{R}}^n,F)$. Under the restriction 2?m?4$2?m?4$, we prove the full Hölder regularity of weakly harmonic maps (i.e., weak solutions of its Euler–Lagrange equation) from M to N   in the case that the Finsler structure F(u,X)$F(u,X)$ depends only on vectors X, and a partial Hölder regularity of energy minimizing maps in general cases.     

Heat flow of harmonic maps from noncompact manifolds

The global existence of the heat flow for harmonic maps from noncompact manifolds is considered. When L^m norm of the gradient of initial data is small, the existence of a global solution is proved.     

Projective vector fields on Finsler manifolds

In this paper, we give the equation that characterizes projective vector fields on a Finsler manifold by the local coordinate. Moreover, we obtain a feature of the projective fields on the compact Finsler manifold with non-positive flag curvature and the non-existence of projective vector fields on the compact Finsler manifold with negative flag curvature. Furthermore, we deduce some expectable, but non-trivial relationships between geometric vector fields such as projective, affine, conformal, homothetic and Killing vector fields on a Finsler manifold.     

Horizontal (-δ)-Laplacian on complex Finsler manifolds

A horizontal (-δ)-Laplacian is defined on strongly pseudoconvex complex Finsler manifolds, first for functions and then for horizontal differential forms of type (p,q). The principal part of the (-δ)-Laplacian is computed in local coordinates. As an application, the (-δ)-Laplacian on strongly Kahler Finsler manifold is obtained explicitly in terms of the horizontal covariant derivatives of the Chern-Finsler conncetion.     

Finsler流形间调和映射的一个刚性定理

把无焦点黎曼流形的概念推广到了Finsler流形中.通过在无焦点Finsler流形上构造凸函数,得到了Finsler流形间调和映射的一个刚性定理.     

Foliations on the tangent bundle of Finsler manifolds

Let M be a smooth manifold with Finsler metric F,and let T M be the slit tangent bundle of M with a generalized Riemannian metric G,which is induced by F.In this paper,we prove that (i) (M,F) is a Landsberg manifold if and only if the vertical foliation F V is totally geodesic in (T M,G);(ii) letting a:= a(τ) be a positive function of τ=F 2 and k,c be two positive numbers such that c=2 k(1+a),then (M,F) is of constant curvature k if and only if the restriction of G on the c-indicatrix bundle IM (c) is bundle-like for the horizontal Liouville foliation on IM (c),if and only if the horizontal Liouville vector field is a Killing vector field on (IM (c),G),if and only if the curvature-angular form Λ of (M,F) satisfies Λ=1-a 2/R on IM (c).     

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.     

Vanishing theorems for ach Kähler manifolds and harmonic maps

We discuss a class of complete Kähler manifolds which are asymptotically complex hyperbolic near infinity. The main result is vanishing theorems for the second L ² cohomology of such manifolds when it has positive spectrum. We also generalize the result to the weighted Poincaré inequality case and establish a vanishing theorem provided that the weighted function ρ is of sub-quadratic growth of the distance function. We also obtain a vanishing theorem of harmonic maps on manifolds which satisfies the weighted Poincaré inequality.     

A vanishing theorem on Kaehler Finsler manifolds

Let M be a connected compact complex manifold endowed with a strongly pseudoconvex complex Finsler metric F. In this paper, we first define the complex horizontal Laplacian □_h and complex vertical Laplacian □_v on the holomorphic tangent bundle T^1,0M of M, and then we obtain a precise relationship among □_h,□_v and the Hodge–Laplace operator on (T^1,0M,,), where , is the induced Hermitian metric on T^1,0M by F. As an application, we prove a vanishing theorem of holomorphic p-forms on M under the condition that F is a Kaehler Finsler metric on M.     

Stationary harmonic maps into complete Riemannian manifold

The stationary for harmonic maps is considered from a Riemannian manifoldM into a complete Riemannian manifoldN without boundary, and it is proved that its singular set is contained inQ ¹ 2MQ ³ Project supported partially by the Development Foundation Science of Shanghai, China.     

Some Liouville-type theorems for harmonic functions on Finsler manifolds

In this paper, we give some Liouville-type theorems for L^p$L^p$(p∈R)$(p\in \mathbb{R})$ harmonic (resp. subharmonic, superharmonic) functions on forward complete Finsler manifolds. Moreover, we derive a gradient estimate for harmonic functions on a closed Finsler manifold. As an application, one obtains that any harmonic function on a closed Finsler manifold with nonnegative weighted Ricci curvature _RicN${\mathit{Ric}}_N$(N∈(n,∞))$(N\in (n,\infty ))$ must be constant.     

The rigidity theorem for harmonic maps from Berwald manifolds

In this paper, we can prove that any non‐degenerate strongly harmonic map ? from a compact Berwald manifold with nonnegative general Ricci curvature to a Landsberg manifold with non‐positive flag curvature must be totally geodesic, which generalizes the result of Eells and Sampson ([2]).     

f-Harmonic maps of doubly warped product manifolds

In this paper, we study f-harmonicity of some special maps from or into a doubly warped product manifold. First we recall some properties of doubly twisted product manifolds. After showing that the inclusion maps from Riemannian manifolds M and N into the doubly warped product manifold M × _μ,λ N can not be proper f-harmonic maps, we use projection maps and product maps to construct nontrivial f-harmonic maps. Thus we obtain some similar results given in [21], such as the conditions for f-harmonicity of projection maps and some characterizations for non-trivial f-harmonicity of the special product maps. Furthermore, we investigate non-trivial f-harmonicity of the product of two harmonic maps.     

A note on the fundamental group of Finsler manifolds with nonnegative flag curvature

In this note we prove that the fundamental group of any forward complete Finsler manifold with nonnegative flag curvature is finitely generated provided the line integral of T-curvature is small. In particular, the fundamental group of any forward complete Berwald manifold with nonnegative flag curvature is finitely generated.     

稳定调和映照的不存在性

讨论了从Finsler流形到Riemannian流形的稳定调和映照的不存在性,得到了一个拼挤定理.     

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.