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On algebraic and uniqueness properties of 3d harmonic quaternion fields

Functional Analysis 2019-01-29 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a smooth compact oriented 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary. A quaternion field is a pair q={α,u}q=\{\alpha,u\} of a function α\alpha and a vector field uu on Ω\Omega. A field qq is {\it harmonic} if α,u\alpha, u are continuous in Ω\Omega and α=rotu,divu=0\nabla\alpha={\rm rot\,}u,\,{\rm div\,}u=0 holds into Ω\Omega. The space Q(Ω){\mathscr Q}(\Omega) of harmonic fields is a subspace of the Banach algebra C(Ω)\mathscr C\left(\Omega\right) of continuous quaternion fields with the point-wise multiplication qq={ααuu,αu+αu+uu}qq'=\{\alpha\alpha'-u\cdot u',\,\alpha u'+\alpha'u+u\wedge u'\}. We prove a Stone-Weierstrass type theorem: the subalgebra Q(Ω)\vee{\mathscr Q}(\Omega) generated by harmonic fields is dense in C(Ω)\mathscr C\left(\Omega\right). Some results on 2-jets of harmonic functions and the uniqueness sets of harmonic fields are provided.

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@article{arxiv.1901.09201,
  title  = {On algebraic and uniqueness properties of 3d harmonic quaternion fields},
  author = {Mikhail I. Belishev and Aleksei F. Vakulenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.09201},
  year   = {2019}
}