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Existence solutions of the system of equations on Riemannian manifold
Is there a way to show that the following system of two equations has a solution? I don't want to find an explicit solution, but just verify its existence.
$$f''(r) + \beta \coth(r) f'(r) = \rho_0 e^{-...
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Understanding exterior differential systems
Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional smooth manifold. An exterior differential system on $M$ is by definition a graded ideal $\mathcal{I}\subset \Omega^{\bullet}(M)$ in the ring $\Omega^{\bullet}(M)$ of ...
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Frobenius theorem and the size of integral manifold
Let $X =(X_0,X_1)\in \mathbb{R}^2$ and $Y=(Y_0,Y_1)\in \mathbb{R}^2$ be two vector fields on $\mathbb{R}^2$ such that $X,Y$ are independent on each tangent plane and
$[X,Y]:=XY-YX=0$.
Then by ...
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Estimates of $\Delta|\nabla u|$ for harmonic function $u$
The well-known Bochner formula and refined Kato inequality (for harmonic function) tells us that for a harmonic function $u$ in $B_{2}\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$,
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\frac{1}{n}|\nabla^{2}u|^{2}\leqslant |\...
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Exterior differential systems on compact three-manifolds and Cartan-Kähler theory
Let $M$ be a compact three-manifold. I am interested in the following equation on $M$:
$ d e^i = \sum_{j,k}^3 \Theta^i_{jk} \, e^j\wedge e^k\, , \qquad i =1,2,3$
together with the following condition:...
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Cycloid on manifolds
Inspired by differential equation
$$y(1+y'^2)=c$$
which generates the cycloid we consider the following differential equation on a Riemannian manifold:
$$f(1+|\nabla f|^2)=c$$
On the other hand ...
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What is the shape of the perfect coffee cup for heat retention assuming coffee is being drunk at a constant rate?
Note: I asked this on Mathematics SE and even though @TheSimpliFire offered a bounty on it, no-one had a good answer
Find the optimal shape of a coffee cup for heat retention. Assuming
A constant ...
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Representation formula for solutions to fully nonlinear equations
Let $n\geq 3$, for a metric $g$ on $\mathbb{S}^n$, the $\sigma_k$-curvature of $g$ is defined as follows. Let $Ric_{g}$, $R_{g}$ and $A_{g}$ denote respectively the Ricci curvature, the scalar ...
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How to extend this PDE?
Let $(M^n,g)$ and $(N^m,h)$ be Riemann manifolds without boundary of dimension $n$ and $m$ respectively and $u:(M^n,g)\to (N^m,h)$ be a map satisfying the following PDE on $M^n\backslash\Sigma$ ($u$ ...
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References Request: A paper Tanno's equation
I need a paper which wrote by Tanno where he prove that a equations $f_{ijk} + k(2f_{k}g_{ij} + f_{i}g_{jk} + f_{j}g_{ik})$ can be solved if and only if on sphere. But I can not find it on Internet ...
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A Kazhdan-Warner type problem
Let $X$ be a compact Riemannian manifold and I am interested in the following set of equations:
\begin{align*}
\Delta f+u\cdot e^{f+\lambda}=c\\
\lambda-2f=g
\end{align*}
where $u,g$ are given real ...
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Is existence of a limit cycles an obstruction for a vector field to be a global Jacobi field?
Is there a Riemannian metric on $S^2$ and a vector field $X$ on $S^2$ with the following two properties?
The vector field $X$ is globaly a Jacobi field in the sense that for every point $x\in S^2$ ...
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Intrinsic numerical methods on Riemannian manifolds
I am interested in numerical methods for ordinary differential equations on a Riemannian manifold $M$. The general form of such an equation is $\dot x(t)=V(x(t)), x(0)=x_0 \in M$, where $V$ is a ...
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time-derivative and differential of a geodesic flow
I came across the following question in relation to another question.
Let $X\colon M \to TM$ be a vector field over a manifold $M$ and let $$\phi_t = \exp(tX)$$ be the "geodesic flow" for the vector ...
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A non-geodesible foliation of $S^3$ or $S^2\times S^1$
Is there a $1$-dimensional foliation of $S^3$ which is not a geodesible foliation? Is there a $1$-dimensional foliation of $S^2\times S^1$ which is not a geodesible foliation?
If the answer is ...
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An integral of the Hodge-Neumann Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold
Background
Let $M$ be a compact, oriented Riemannian manifold with boundary, with $\text{vol}$ the Riemannian volume form. Let $\nu$ be the outwards unit normal vector field on $\partial M$ and $\nu^\...
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Global solution of second order ODE defined on riemannian manifold
Consider the differential equation $\nabla \dot X + \frac{3}{t} \dot X + gradf(X) =0$, defined on a riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ ($ \nabla$ is the Levi-Civita connection and $gradf(X)$ is the ...
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convergence and a mean curvature condition imply convexity
I have a question regarding the proof of theorem 4.6 in https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3899 (Hall's conjecture).
Let $S^2$ be the class of Borel subsets in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with finite and positive ...
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An explicit formula for a flat metric compatible to certain polynomial vector field with center
Let $X$ be the following vector field on the plane:
$$\begin{cases} x'=y\\ y'=-x-x^3\end{cases}\;\;\;\;\;(X)$$
The vector field $ (X)$ has a non isochronous center at the origin.The ...
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Flat Riemannian metrics adapted to quadratic vector fields with center
Assume that $P(x,y),Q(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}[x,y]$ are two polynomials of degree $2$ with $P(0,0)=Q(0,0)=0.$
Suppose that the vector field $$\begin{cases} x'=P(x,y)\\ y'=Q(x,y) \end{cases}$$ has a center ...
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Parallel transport in Riemannian manifold induces bounded mapping of vector bundles
Let $X$ and $Y$ be closed Riemannian manifolds and $f,g\colon X\to Y$ two $C^1$-mappings.
Assume that for every $x\in X$ the points $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ can be joined by a unique shortest geodesic of $...
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Integrability of direct sum of some integrable distributions
Let $M$ be a smooth manifold and let $\Delta _i$ for $i=1,...,k$ be distributions of $TM$ which are integrable such that $\Delta_i \cap \Delta _j$ is zero distribution for $i \neq j$. Suppose $\Delta ...
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Can we convert any non-vanishing vector field into geodesic field by changing metric?
If $M$ is a smooth closed manifold together with a non-vanishing (maybe unit) vector field $X$. In what condition can we construct a Riemannian metric on $M$ s.t $X$ be the geodesic field of on $TM$?
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Solutions of this system of PDE's
This question is related to the existence of Einstein metrics on tangent bundles where the metric is induced by the isotropic almost complex structures on the tangent bundle. I'm trying this on the ...
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An answer to this system of PDE's
Planning of the question:
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold and $TM$ be its tangent bundle
The isotropic almost complex structures $J_{\delta , \sigma}$ were introduced by Aguilar on the ...
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Scattering in (pseudo-)Riemannian spaces
I will ask my question in a broad way, leaving a lot of freedom for answers.
Suppose that we have a (pseudo-)Riemannian space $(M,g)$ and we fix some ball-like domain $B \subset M$. Suppose you are ...
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Solutions of equations characterizing a complex structure
Let $(S^n,g)$ denote the unit $n$-sphere endowed with its induced metric $g$ from its embedding into $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. The Levi-Civita connection of $g$ induces a splitting of the tangent bundle of $...
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On Harmonic Unit Vector Fields
When we restrict the Dirichlet energy functional to the set of all unit vector fields on a compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, then the critical points of this functional are satisfied in $\Delta_g X=...
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Green's function on sphere
Consider radial (normal) coordinates on a sphere $S^n, n \geq 2$. Let the "origin" be the north pole $(0, 0,..., 1)$ and the coordinates be denoted by $(r, \theta)$. We know that the Laplacian $\...
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Comparing Dirichlet energy and area of a Surface-immersion
Let $(F,g)$ be a closed Surface, $(M,h)$ a Riemannian 3-Manifold and $f: F \to M$ a smooth immersion. Denote by $f^*(h)$ the pullback metric on $TF$ induced by $f$ and let $dV_g$ and $dV_{f^*(h)}$ be ...
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Vector field built from connection and metric
Consider a smooth finite-dimensional manifold $M$ with metric $g$ and connection $\nabla$. For some local coordinate system, denote by $g^{\alpha \beta}$ the inverse of the metric tensor and by $\...
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Rigorous justification that overdetermined systems do not have a solution
There is the following well known and very useful heuristic principle: Assume one has a natural map from the space of $k$-tuples of functions in $n$ variables into the space of $K$-tuples of functions ...
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Is the heat kernel more spread out with a smaller metric?
Suppose M is a smooth manifold, and we have two Riemannian metrics on M, say g and h, with g bigger than h (i.e. for every tangent vector at every point, the norm according to g is bigger than the ...
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The integral of torsion
I found the following * exercise (exercise *9) in page 407 of the book of do Carmo "Differential geometry of curves and surfaces". This problem is a classical theorem which is referenced ...
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Curve on a surface defined by its geodesic curvature
Suppose that $S$ is a smooth complete surface, and $c\colon [0,L]\to S$ is a smooth curve in $S$, parametrized by arc-length. Then $c$ is uniquely determined by its initial tangent vector and its ...
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Can one use the continuity method to show that the two dimensional hyperbolic space can be immersed in five dimensional Euclidean space?
First of all, I must clarify at the outset that I am simply asking if there is an alternative way to solve an already known problem. It is known that the answer to my question is yes. The problem is ...
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Prescribing the Lie derivative of the metric?
This is a question that arises from my research problem. Suppose $(M,g)$ is a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary and $g$ is smooth up to the boundary (if you like, take $M$ to be diffeomorphic ...
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How to solve the $C^\alpha$ Poisson equation on closed Riemannian manifolds?
To be specific, suppose $M$ is a closed oriented manifold, $g$ is a Riemannian metric of $M$.
Let $\Delta_g$ be the Laplace-Beltrami operator w.r.t. $g$.
Prove: Suppose $f\in C^\alpha(M)$ satisfies ...
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Existence, uniqueness, and smoothness of a solution to a first order PDE on Riemannian M
Let $\mathcal{M}$ be an $n$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold, and let $\mathcal{A} \subset \mathcal{M}$ be an $n$-dimensional Riemannian submanifold. I wish to determine the local existence, ...
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Norms of higher derivatives of mappings between Riemannian manifolds
Let $M, N$ be Riemannian manifolds and $f: M \to N$ be a smooth map
(I'm actually only considering diffeomorphisms (flows)
$\Phi^t: M \to M$, but just for the sake of generality).
The first ...
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Jacobi fields on a "bump surface"
Consider a "bump surface" which looks like the following:
Such a surface is rotationally symmetric, $C^2$-smooth, has positive curvature in the middle and negative curvature along the ring (the ...
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