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Harmonic vector fields on extended 3-dimensional Riemannian Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2020-09-29 v1

Abstract

Given two Riemannian manifolds (B,gB)(B,g_B) and (F,gF)(F,g_F), we give harmonicity conditions for vector fields on the Riemannian warped product B×fFB\times_fF, with f:B]0,+[f:B \longrightarrow ]0,+\infty[, using a characteristic variational condition. Then, we apply this to the case B=RB=\mathbb{R} and FF is a three-dimensional connected Riemannian Lie group GG equipped with a left-invariant metric, to determine harmonic vector fields on R×fG\mathbb{R}\times_fG. We give examples of harmonic vector fields on GG which are not left-invariant and determine harmonic vector fields on R×fG\mathbb{R}\times_fG. We conclude with some examples of vector fields on R×fG\mathbb{R}\times_fG which are harmonic maps.

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@article{arxiv.2009.13296,
  title  = {Harmonic vector fields on extended 3-dimensional Riemannian Lie groups},
  author = {Ferdinand Hountondji Koudjo and Eric Loubeau and Leonard Todjihounde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.13296},
  year   = {2020}
}
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