Variation formulas for transversally harmonic and bi-harmonic maps

2012/05/16 by Seoung Dal jung, jung, Seoung Dal
Mathematics · #53 #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.DG #msc:53

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.3557

21page

arxiv created 2012/05/16 · arxiv updated 2012/05/17

Abstract

In the paper, we study variation formulas for transversally harmonic maps and bi-harmonic maps, respectively. We also study the transversal Jacobi field along a map and give several relations with infinitesimal automorphisms.

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