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Intro
Preface
Funding Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Minimal Sections of Tensor Bundles
2.1 Geometry of the Submanifold Determined by a Section of a Tensor Bundle
2.2 Minimal Sections of Tensor Bundles and Sphere Subbundles
2.3 First Variation of the Volume of Vector Fields: Minimal Vector Fields
2.4 Second Variation of the Volume of Vector Fields
2.5 The 2-Dimensional Case
2.6 Notes
2.6.1 Sections That Are Harmonic Maps
2.6.2 Sections That Are Critical Pointsof the Energy Functional
2.6.3 Minimal Oriented Distributions
3 Minimal Vector Fields of Constant Length on the Odd-Dimensional Spheres
3.1 Minimality of the Hopf Vector Fields
3.2 Study of the Stability of the Hopf Vector Fields
3.3 Stability of the Hopf Vector Fields of Odd-Dimensional Space Forms of Positive Curvature
3.4 Notes
3.4.1 Spheres and Their Quotients with Berger Metrics
3.4.2 The Minimality Condition for Unit Killing Vector Fields
3.4.3 Minimality of the Characteristic Vector Field of a Contact Riemannian Manifold
3.4.4 Minimal Invariant Vector Fields on Lie Groups and Homogeneous Spaces
3.4.5 Examples Related with Complex and Quaternionic Structures
4 Vector Fields of Constant Length of Minimum Volume on the Odd-Dimensional Spherical Space Forms
4.1 Hopf Vector Fields as Volume Minimisers in the 3-Dimensional Case
4.2 Hopf Vector Fields on 3-Dimensional Spheres with the Berger Metrics
4.3 Lower Bound of the Volume of Vector Fields of Constant Length
4.4 Asymptotic Behaviour of the Volume Functional
4.5 Notes
4.5.1 Unit Vector Fields on the Two-Dimensional Torus
4.5.2 Lower Bound of the Volume of Unit Vector Fields on Hypersurfaces of Rn+1
4.5.3 Almost Hermitian Structures on S6 That Minimise the Volume
4.5.4 Minimisers of Functionals Related with the Energy
5 Vector Fields of Constant Length on Punctured Spheres
5.1 The Radial Vector Fields
5.2 Parallel Transport Vector Fields
5.3 The Main Open Problem
5.4 Area Minimising Vector Fields on the 2-Sphere
5.5 Notes
5.5.1 Radial Vector Fields on Riemannian Manifolds
5.5.2 Minimisers of the Volume Among Unit Vector Fields with Singular Points
References
Preface
Funding Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Minimal Sections of Tensor Bundles
2.1 Geometry of the Submanifold Determined by a Section of a Tensor Bundle
2.2 Minimal Sections of Tensor Bundles and Sphere Subbundles
2.3 First Variation of the Volume of Vector Fields: Minimal Vector Fields
2.4 Second Variation of the Volume of Vector Fields
2.5 The 2-Dimensional Case
2.6 Notes
2.6.1 Sections That Are Harmonic Maps
2.6.2 Sections That Are Critical Pointsof the Energy Functional
2.6.3 Minimal Oriented Distributions
3 Minimal Vector Fields of Constant Length on the Odd-Dimensional Spheres
3.1 Minimality of the Hopf Vector Fields
3.2 Study of the Stability of the Hopf Vector Fields
3.3 Stability of the Hopf Vector Fields of Odd-Dimensional Space Forms of Positive Curvature
3.4 Notes
3.4.1 Spheres and Their Quotients with Berger Metrics
3.4.2 The Minimality Condition for Unit Killing Vector Fields
3.4.3 Minimality of the Characteristic Vector Field of a Contact Riemannian Manifold
3.4.4 Minimal Invariant Vector Fields on Lie Groups and Homogeneous Spaces
3.4.5 Examples Related with Complex and Quaternionic Structures
4 Vector Fields of Constant Length of Minimum Volume on the Odd-Dimensional Spherical Space Forms
4.1 Hopf Vector Fields as Volume Minimisers in the 3-Dimensional Case
4.2 Hopf Vector Fields on 3-Dimensional Spheres with the Berger Metrics
4.3 Lower Bound of the Volume of Vector Fields of Constant Length
4.4 Asymptotic Behaviour of the Volume Functional
4.5 Notes
4.5.1 Unit Vector Fields on the Two-Dimensional Torus
4.5.2 Lower Bound of the Volume of Unit Vector Fields on Hypersurfaces of Rn+1
4.5.3 Almost Hermitian Structures on S6 That Minimise the Volume
4.5.4 Minimisers of Functionals Related with the Energy
5 Vector Fields of Constant Length on Punctured Spheres
5.1 The Radial Vector Fields
5.2 Parallel Transport Vector Fields
5.3 The Main Open Problem
5.4 Area Minimising Vector Fields on the 2-Sphere
5.5 Notes
5.5.1 Radial Vector Fields on Riemannian Manifolds
5.5.2 Minimisers of the Volume Among Unit Vector Fields with Singular Points
References