Invariant harmonic unit vector fields on Lie groups

J. C. González-Dávila; L. Vanhecke

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (2002)

  • Volume: 5-B, Issue: 2, page 377-403
  • ISSN: 0392-4041

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We provide a new characterization of invariant harmonic unit vector fields on Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant metric. We use it to derive existence results and to construct new examples on Lie groups equipped with a bi-invariant metric, on three-dimensional Lie groups, on generalized Heisenberg groups, on Damek-Ricci spaces and on particular semi-direct products. In several cases a complete list of such vector fields is given. Furthermore, for a lot of the examples we determine associated harmonic maps from the considered group into its unit tangent bundle equipped with the associated Sasaki metric.

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González-Dávila, J. C., and Vanhecke, L.. "Invariant harmonic unit vector fields on Lie groups." Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana 5-B.2 (2002): 377-403. <http://eudml.org/doc/194577>.

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author = {González-Dávila, J. C., Vanhecke, L.},
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