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This article aims to classify closed vacuum static spaces with a non-Killing closed conformal vector field. We firstly provide several characterizations of the conditions under which the first derivative of the warping function fulfills the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Jian Ye

This note shows that the module of smooth vector fields on ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, which are invariant under the linear action of a compact Lie group $G$ is finitely generated by polynomial vector fields on ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ which are invariant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Richard Cushman

For all left-invariant Riemannian metrics on three-dimensional unimodular Lie groups, there exist particular left-invariant orthonormal frames, so-called Milnor frames. In this paper, for any left-invariant Riemannian metrics on any Lie…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Takahiro Hashinaga , Hiroshi Tamaru , Kazuhiro Terada

Let $U$ and $V$ be finite-dimensional vector spaces over a (commutative) field $\mathbb{K}$, and $\mathcal{S}$ be a linear subspace of the space $\mathcal{L}(U,V)$ of all linear operators from $U$ to $V$. A map $F : \mathcal{S} \rightarrow…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2014-07-16 Clément de Seguins Pazzis

We consider differential equations of the form y'(t)=f(t,y(t)) on a (possibly infinite-dimensional) Lie group G, for f : [0,1] x G -> TG a time-dependent left invariant vector field with measurable (but not necessarily continuous)…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-12 Helge Glockner

In this paper, we give the defination of harmonic curvature function some special curves such as helix, slant curves, Mannheim curves and Bertrand curves. Then, we recall the characterizations of helices [8], slant curves (see [19]) and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-14 O. Zeki Okuyucu , İsmail Gök , Yusuf Yaylı , Nejat Ekmekci

We determine the index of symmetry of 3-dimensional unimodular Lie groups with a left-invariant metric. In particular, we prove that every 3-dimensional unimodular Lie group admits a left-invariant metric with positive index of symmetry. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Silvio Reggiani

We develop a "metrically selfdual" variational calculus for $c$-monotone vector fields between general manifolds $X$ and $Y$, where $c$ is a coupling on $X\times Y$. Remarkably, many of the key properties of classical monotone operators…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Nassif Ghoussoub , Abbas Moameni

Let $(M,F)$ be a compact connected homogeneous non-Riemannian Finsler manifold with $\dim M>1$. We prove that any conformal vector field on $(M,F)$ is a Killing vector field. Further more, we prove that $\rho F$ is a homogeneous Finsler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Ming Xu

A 3-dimensional vector field $B$ is said to be Beltrami vector field (force free-magnetic vector field in physics), if $B\times(\nabla\times B)=0$. Motivated by our investigations on projective an polynomial superflows, and as an important…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-12-29 Giedrius Alkauskas

We consider an isotropic two dimensional harmonic oscillator with arbitrarily time-dependent mass $M(t)$ and frequency $\Omega(t)$ in an arbitrarily time-dependent magnetic field $B(t)$. We determine two commuting invariant observables (in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-10-27 Gaetano Fiore , Laure Gouba

We give a global geometric decomposition of continuously differentiable vector fields on $\mathbb{R}^n$. More precisely, given a vector field of class $\mathcal{C}^{1}$ on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, and a geometric structure on $\mathbb{R}^n$, we…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-05-31 Razvan M. Tudoran

The absence of interesting harmonic sections for the Sasaki and Cheeger-Gromoll metrics has led to the consideration of alternatives, for example in the form of a two-parameter family of natural metrics shown to relax existence conditions…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Benyounes , E. Loubeau , C. M. Wood

This paper investigates axially symmetric space-times that admit a homothetic vector field based on Lyra's geometry. The cases when the displacement vector is a function of $t$ and when it is constant are studied. In the context of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-03 Ragab M. Gad , A. E. Al Mazrooei

In this paper we introduce the new notion of complex isoparametric functions on Riemannian manifolds. These are then employed to devise a general method for constructing proper $p$-harmonic functions. We then apply this to construct the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-03 Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Marko Sobak

Let (N,g) be a nilpotent Lie group endowed with an invariant geometric structure (cf. symplectic, complex, hypercomplex or any of their `almost' versions). We define a left invariant Riemannian metric on N compatible with g to be minimal,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jorge Lauret

Let $(M^n,g)$ be an $n$-dimensional compact connected Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary. We show that the presence of a nontrivial conformal gradient vector field on $M$, with an appropriate control on the Ricci curvature makes $M$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Israel Evangelista , Emanuel Viana

We study biharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds with finite energy and finite bi-energy. We show that if the domain is complete and the target of non-positive curvature, then such a map is harmonic. We then give applications to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-02 Nobumitsu Nakauchi , Hajime Urakawa , Sigmundur Gudmundsson

We study left-invariant foliations $\mathcal{F}$ on Riemannian Lie groups $G$ generated by a subgroup $K$. We are interested in such foliations which are conformal and with minimal leaves of codimension two. We classify such foliations…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Elsa Ghandour , Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Thomas Turner

In this short note we study nonexistence result of biharmonic maps from a complete Riemannian manifold into a Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature. Assume that $\phi:(M,g)\to (N, h)$ is a biharmonic map, where $(M, g)$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-05 Yong Luo