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Differentiable functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$ whose derivative is everywhere a scalar multiple of a special orthogonal matrix

The Cauchy–Riemann equations say that if $u : \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is holomorphic then, regarded as a linear transformation of $\mathbb{R}^2$, its derivative is either zero or, up to a ...
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The only rotation fields satisfying this PDE are constant

$\newcommand{\div}{\operatorname{div}}$$\newcommand{\SO}{\operatorname{SO(2)}}$$\newcommand{\R}{\operatorname{\mathbb{R}}}$$\newcommand{\bdx}{\partial_x}$$\newcommand{\bdy}{\partial_y}$$\newcommand{\...
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