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Latest revision as of 15:39, 7 October 2016

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that a map between Riemannian manifolds is an -harmonic morphism in a general sense if and only if it is horizontally weakly conformal, satisfying some conditions, and we investigate the properties of -harmonic morphism in a general sense.

Keywords

ff-harmonic maps; ff-harmonic morphism

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

53A45; 53C20; 58E20

1. Introduction

-harmonic morphisms are mappings between Riemannian manifolds which preserve Laplace’s equation  [4], [15] and [14]. They can be characterized as -harmonic maps which checks the property of horizontal weak conformality (called semiconformality).

In mathematical physics, -harmonic maps relate to the equations of the motion of a continuous system of spins [6] and the gradient Ricci-soliton structure  [16] and [1]. Recently the notion of -harmonic maps (resp bi--harmonic maps) was developed by N. Course  [7], M. Djaa and S. Ouakkas  [15], [8] and [4], and studied by many authors, including Y.J. Chiang [5], M. Rimoldi  [16], Y.L. Ou  [14], S. Feng [10], W.J. Lu  [13] and others.

The goal of this work is the characterization of -harmonic morphism (in a general sense) between Riemannian manifolds (Theorem 3.1), which generalizes the Fuglede–Ishihara characterization for harmonic morphisms [11] and [12], and we investigate the properties of-harmonic morphism in a general sense. Also we construct some examples of -harmonic morphism (Example 3.2).

2. -harmonic maps2. f {\textstyle f} -harmonic maps

Consider a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds and a smooth positive function. For any compact domain of the -energy functional of is defined by

(2.1)

where is the volume element and

(2.2)

is the energy density of , here is an orthonormal frame on .

Definition 2.1 [4].

A map is called -harmonic if it is a critical point of the -energy functional over any compact subset of .

2.1. The first variation of -energy functional2.1. The first variation of f {\textstyle f} -energy functional

Theorem 2.1 [4].

Let  be a smooth map and let  be a smooth variation of  supported in  . If  denote the variation vector field of  , then

(2.3)

where

here  and  .

Definition 2.2.

is called an -tension field of .

Theorem 2.2 [4].

Let  be a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds and  be a smooth function. Then  is an  -harmonic map if and only if

(2.4)

Remarks 2.1.

  • If , then any smooth map is an -harmonic map if and only if is a harmonic map.
  • If , then any smooth map is an -harmonic map if and only if is a harmonic map (see  [9]).

Examples 2.1 [14].

Inhomogeneous Heisenberg spin system

  • is an -harmonic map if and only if

is a harmonic map with .

  • is a harmonic map if and only if

is an -harmonic map with .

  • When , we have - correspondence between the set of harmonic maps and the set of stationary solutions of the inhomogeneous Heisenberg spin system on .

is a harmonic map if and only if

is an -harmonic map with .

3. -harmonic morphisms3. f {\textstyle f} -harmonic morphisms

Let be a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds and be the set of critical points of . Then is called horizontally weakly conformal or semi-conformal if for each the restriction of to is surjective and conformal, where the horizontal space is the orthogonal complement of . The horizontal conformality of implies that there exists a function such that for all and

(3.1)

is horizontally weakly conformal at with dilation if and only if in any local coordinates on a neighborhood of we have

(3.2)

Definition 3.1.

Let , be a smooth function and be an open subset of . A -function is called -harmonic if

(3.3)

where

Definition 3.2.

A map between Riemannian manifolds is said to be an -harmonic morphism if for every open subset of with and every harmonic function , the composition is -harmonic.

Example 3.1 [14].

Let be defined as

Then both and are -harmonic with , is a horizontally conformal submersion whilst is not. Also, is an -harmonic map with , which is a submersion but not horizontally weakly conformal.

Theorem 3.1.

Let  be a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds and  be a smooth function such that

(3.4)

Then, the following are equivalent:

  • is an  -harmonic morphism;
  • is a horizontally weakly conformal satisfying

(3.5)

for all  and in any local coordinates  on  ;

  • There exists a smooth positive function  on  such that

for every smooth function  defined on an open subset  of  .

Proof.

To prove Theorem 3.1 we need the following lemma.

Lemma 3.1 [2].

Let  be a point in  and  be local coordinates centered at  . Then for any constants  with  and  , there exists a neighborhood  of  in  and a harmonic function  such that

(3.6)

for all  .

Suppose that is an -harmonic morphism. For we consider a system of local coordinates and around and respectively, where we assume that are normal. By Lemma 3.1, for a sequence with , and , we can choose a local harmonic function such that

(3.7)

for all . By assumption is -harmonic in a neighborhood of , from Definition 3.1 we have

(3.8)

In particular at

(3.9)

since , and for all .

By (3.8),  and  and , we have

(3.11)

Since at

(3.12)

from (3.7), (3.11) and (3.12), we obtain

(3.13)

by  and , we obtain

(3.15)

Let and let

then by (3.15), we have

(3.16)

for all . Let and

By (3.15), we have

(3.18)

and

(3.19)

for all .  From  and (3.19) we deduce that is horizontally weakly conformal map such that

(3.20)

for all .

For every -function defined on an open subset of , we have

(3.21)

Since, is a horizontally weakly conformal map, we obtain

(3.22)

By special choice of harmonic function we have

i.e., in any local coordinates on , we have

for all . Thus, we obtain the implication . Therefore, it follows from (3.22) that . Finally, is clearly true.  □

Particular cases:

  • If for all , the condition (3.5) is equivalent to , i.e.  is harmonic. Then, a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds is a harmonic morphism if and only if is both harmonic and horizontally weakly conformal  [2].
  • If for all , where be a smooth positive function, the condition (3.5) is equivalent to , i.e.  is -harmonic. Then, a smooth map between Riemannian manifolds is an -harmonic morphism if and only if is both -harmonic and horizontally weakly conformal  [14].
  • If for all , where be a smooth positive function, then is an -harmonic morphism if and only if is an -harmonic morphism  [3].
  • If for all , where be a smooth function such that , then, the following are equivalent:
  • is an -harmonic morphism;
  • is an -harmonic morphism;
  • is horizontally weakly conformal satisfying

for all and in any local coordinates on ;

  • There exists a smooth positive function on such that

for every smooth function defined on an open subset of .

Proposition 3.1.

Let  be an  -harmonic morphism between Riemannian manifolds with dilation  ,  be a harmonic morphism between Riemannian manifolds with dilation  and  be a smooth positive function in  satisfying   (3.4). Then, the composition  is an  -harmonic morphism with dilation  .

Proof.

This follows from

for every smooth function defined on an open subset of and

for every smooth function defined on an open subset of . So that

 □

Proposition 3.2.

Let  be a Riemannian manifold and  be a smooth positive function satisfying   (3.4). A smooth map

is an  -harmonic morphism if and only if its components  are  -harmonic functions whose gradients are orthogonal and of the same norm at each point.

Proof.

Let us notice that the condition (3.5) of Theorem 3.1 becomes

for all , i.e. the functions are -harmonic.  □

Using Proposition 3.2, we can construct many non-trivial examples on .

Example 3.2.

Let , then the map

is an -harmonic morphism with

where is a smooth positive function. Indeed, we have

Let for all , where is a smooth positive function in , we get

for all ,

According to Proposition 3.2, the map is -harmonic if and only if

(3.23)

Let be a smooth positive function, then the function of type

satisfies the system of differential equations  (3.23).

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the referees for their important and useful remarks and suggestions.

This note was supported by G.M.F.A.M.I Relizane Laboratory and Saida Laboratory of Geometry analysis and Applications.

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