Harmonic diffeomorphisms, minimizing harmonic maps and rotational symmetry
We study representations of lattices of into . We show that if a representation is reductive and if is at least 2, then there exists a finite energy harmonic equivariant map from complex hyperbolic -space to complex hyperbolic -space. This allows us to give a differential geometric proof of rigidity results obtained by M. Burger and A. Iozzi. We also define a new invariant associated to representations into of non-uniform lattices in , and more generally of fundamental groups of orientable...
It is well known that Riemannian submersions are of interest in physics, owing to their applications in the Yang-Mills theory, Kaluza-Klein theory, supergravity and superstring theories. In this paper we give a survey of harmonic maps and Riemannian submersions between manifolds equipped with certain geometrical structures such as almost Hermitian structures, contact structures, f-structures and quaternionic structures. We also present some new results concerning holomorphic maps and semi-Riemannian...
In this paper, we prove two Liouville theorems for harmonic maps and apply them to study the topology of manifolds with positive spectrum and stable minimal hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds with non-negative bi-Ricci curvature.
It is well known there is no non-constant harmonic map from a closed Riemannian manifold of positive Ricci curvature to a complete Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature. If one reduces the assumption on the Ricci curvature to one on the scalar curvature, such a vanishing theorem does not hold in general. This raises the question: What information can we obtain from the existence of a non-constant harmonic map? This paper gives an answer to this problem when both manifolds are...