Equivariant T-Harmonic Maps in Riemannian Geometry

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The aim of this paper is to develop works of Urakawa \cite{UrakawaH} on
equivariant harmonic maps between compact Riemannian manifolds of cohomogeneity one, to equivariant $ T $-harmonic maps between them, which is introduced in \cite{intoftharmonic} (see also \cite{AminKashani}), and also his reduction of the Euler-Lagrange equation on harmonicity of these maps to $ T $-harmonicity of them. As applications, we construct $ T $-harmonic maps from 2-flat tori into spheres.

To construct $ T $-harmonic maps, We assume that both domain and target Riemannian manifolds are of cohomogeneity 1; that is, both admit the isometry group actions having orbits of codimension 1. Then we derive the ordinary differential equations of the equivariant $ T $-harmonic maps between them.

We recall the prerequisites from \cite{intoftharmonic,AminKashani,UrakawaHYang,UrakawaH}. Let $ (M,g) $ be a compact Riemannian manifold and $ K $ a compact Lie group. It is said that the group $ K $ acts cohomogeneity one on $ (M,g) $ if $ K $ acts isometrically and effectively on $ (M,g) $ which has orbits of codimension $ 1 $; that is, there exists a point $ x $ in $ M $ such that $ \dim(Kx) = \dim M-1 $. The orbit space $ M/K $ of $ K $ on $ M $ is the closed interval $ [0, l] $ or the circle. In the former case we give the fine structure of such $ K $ and $ (M, g) $, and show the example following \cite{UrakawaH}.

Let $ c(t),~ 0<t<l, $ be the geodesic of $ (M, g) $ representing the orbit space $ M/K $. Let $ J_t $, be the isotropy subgroup of $ K $ at $ c(t) $. Then, for $ 0<t<l $, the subgroups $ J_t $ are the same group $ J $. The Lie algebra $\mathtt{k} $ of $ K $ can be decomposed orthogonally with respect to the $ \mathrm{Ad}(K) $-invariant inner product $ \left<,\right> $ on $\mathtt{k} $ as $$\mathtt{k}=\mathfrak{j}\oplus \mathfrak{m}, $$ where $ \mathfrak{j} $ is the Lie algebra of $ J $ and $ \mathfrak{m} $ is an $ \mathrm{Ad}(J) $-invariant subspace of $\mathtt{k} $.

The mapping $ K/J\times[0,l]\ni (kJ,t)\rightarrow kc(t)\in M $ is an onto mapping, and the restriction to $ K/J\times(0,l) $ is smooth and its image of $ K/J\times(0,l) $, denoted by $ \mathring{M} $, is open and dense in $ M $. The metric $ g $ on $ M $ can be expressed on $ \mathring{M} $ as \begin{equation*} g=dt^2+g_t. \end{equation*} Here $ g_t $, is the $ K $-invariant metric on the orbit $ Kc(t) $, $ 0<t<l $, given by \begin{equation*} g_t(X_{c(t)},Y_{c(t)})=\alpha_t(X,Y),\quad X,Y\in \mathfrak{m}, \end{equation*} where, for $ X\in \mathfrak{m} $, we define a vector field on $ M $, denoted by the same letter $ X $, by \begin{equation*} X_p=\dfrac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}\Big\vert_{t=0}\exp tX.~p\quad\text{for }~p\in M. \end{equation*} We assume the inner product $ \alpha_t $ on $ \mathfrak{m} $ is given as \begin{equation*} \alpha_t(X_i,X_j)=f_i(t)^2\delta_{ij},\quad 1\leq i,j\leq m-1, \end{equation*} where $ m= \dim M $. Here $ {X_i}_{i=1}^{m-1} $ is an orthonormal basis of $ (\mathfrak{m},\left<,\right>) $.

We also give an orthonormal frame field $ {e_i}{i=1}^{m-1} $ on a neighborhood $ W $ of $ c(t),~ 0<t<l, $ as follows: \begin{equation*} W:={kc(s);k\in U\subset \exp(\mathfrak{m}),~\vert s-t\vert <\varepsilon}; \end{equation*} \begin{equation}\label{eikcs} \begin{cases} (e_i){kc(s)}:=f_i(s)^{-1}\tau_{k*}X_{ic(s)},\quad 1\leq i \leq m-1, \(e_m){kc(s)}:=\tau{k*}\dot{c}(s), \end{cases} \end{equation} where $ \tau_{k},~k\in K $, is the action of $ K $ on $ M $, $ \dot{c}(s) $ is the tangent vector of $ c(s) $, and $ U $ is a small neighborhood of $ e $ in $ \exp(\mathfrak{m}) $. \begin{defz}[\cite{intoftharmonic}]\label{def of amintension} Let $ T:\mathcal{X}(M)\rightarrow\mathcal{X}(M) $ be a smooth tensor on $ M $, $ \phi: (M,g)\rightarrow (N,h)$ be a smooth map. The differential operator $ \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}} $ is defined as follow: \begin{equation*} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )=\sum_{i=1}^m (\tilde{\nabla}{Te_i} \phi(e_i)- \phi_(\nabla_{Te_i}e_i)). \end{equation*} \end{defz} \begin{thm}[\cite{intoftharmonic}]\label{tharmap} The map $ \phi $ is $ T$-harmonic map if and only if \begin{equation}\label{defofamintension} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )+\dfrac{1}{2}\phi_\left(\mathrm{div}(T+T^t)\right)=0,. \end{equation} \end{thm} The L.H.S of equation \eqref{defofamintension}, is called Amin-tension field and denoted by \begin{equation} A_T(\phi)=\mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )+\dfrac{1}{2}\phi_\left(\mathrm{div}(T+T^t)\right), \end{equation} which is a generalization of the notion introduced in \cite{AminKashani}.


\section{Main Statement} Our situation is that both compact Riemannian manifolds $ (M,g) $ and $ (N,h) $ admit cohomogeneity one, isometrically and effectively actions of compact Lie groups $ K $ and $ G $, respectively. We may write the orbit spaces $ M/K=[0,l] $ and $ N/G=[0,\bar{l}] $ and fix the geodesics $ c(t)~(0\leq t\leq l) $ and $ \bar{c}(r) ~(0\leq r\leq \bar{l})$ of $ (M,g) $ and $ (N,h) $, which represent the orbit spaces $ M/K $ and $ N/G $, respectively. We denote by $ J_t $ and $ H_r $ the isotropy subgroups of $ K $ and $ G $ at $ c(t) $ and $ \bar{c}(r) $. Then, for $ 0<t<l $ and $ 0<r<\bar{l} $, $ J_t $ and $ H_r $ are the same groups $ J $ and $ H $, respectively, \cite{UrakawaH}.

Let $ A:K\rightarrow G $ be a Lie group homomorphism. A mapping $ \phi:M\rightarrow N $ is $ A $-equivariant if $ \phi(kx)=A(k)\phi(x),~k\in K,~x\in M $. Then, for any $ A $-equivariant map $ \phi:M\rightarrow N $, there exist a function $ r:[0,l]\rightarrow[0,\bar{l}] $ and a map $ \Psi:[0,l]\rightarrow G $ such that $ \phi(c(t))=\Psi(t)\bar{c}(r(t)) $, $ t\in[0,l] $. The $ A $-equivariance of $ \phi $ implies that \begin{equation}\label{caeq} \Psi(t)^{-1} A(J_t)\Psi(t)\subset H_{r(t)},\quad t\in[0,l]. \end{equation} Conversely, given a function $ r:[0,l]\rightarrow[0,\bar{l}] $ and a map $ \Psi:[0,l]\rightarrow G $ with \eqref{caeq}, we get an $ A $-equivariant map $ \phi:M\rightarrow N $ by \begin{equation*} \phi(kc(t))=A(k)\Psi(t)\bar{c}(r(t)),\quad k\in K, t\in [0,l], \end{equation*} and every $ A $-equivariant map of $ M $ into $ N $ can be obtained in this way.

Since $ G $ act isometrically on $ (M,g) $ , we get $ {\tau_{k*}e_i}{i=1}^m $ a local orthonormal frame field on $M$ and \begin{equation*} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )(kx)=\sum_i (\tilde{\nabla}{T\tau_{k*}e_i} \phi_(\tau_{k}e_i)- \phi_(\nabla_{T\tau_{k}e_i}\tau_{k*}e_i)). \end{equation*} Throughout the paper, assume that $ T\circ \tau_{k*}=\tau_{k*}\circ T $. Therefore \begin{equation*} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )(kx)=\sum_i (\tilde{\nabla}{\tau{k*}Te_i} \phi_(\tau_{k}e_i)- \phi_(\nabla_{\tau_{k}Te_i}\tau_{k*}e_i)). \end{equation*} Since $ \phi\circ\tau_k=\tau_{A(k)}\circ \phi,k\in K $, we have $ \phi_\circ\tau_{k}=\tau_{A(k)}\circ \phi_ $, and by isometry of $ \tau_{A(k)}$, \begin{align*} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )(kx)&=\sum_i \big(\tilde{\nabla}{\tau{k*}Te_i}\phi_\left(\tau_{k}(e_i)\right) -\phi_\tau_{k}\nabla_{Te_i}e_i\big) \&=\sum_i \big(\tilde{\nabla}{\tau{k*}Te_i}\tau_{A(k)}\left(\phi_(e_i)\right) -\tau_{A(k)}\circ \phi_\nabla_{Te_i}e_i\big) \&=\tau_{A(k)}\mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )(x), \end{align} where $ k\in K,x\in \mathring{M} $. Then we only have to calculate $ \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi ) $ at $ c(t),0<t<l $. In order to do this, let us recall that the metrics $ g $ and $ h $ on $ M $ and $ N $ are described as follows: Let $\mathfrak{m}$ and $\mathfrak{n}$ be the subspaces of $\mathtt{k} $ and $\mathfrak{g}$ which are invariant under $ \mathrm{Ad}(J) $ and $ \mathrm{Ad}(H) $, and orthogonal to $ \mathfrak{j} $ and $ \mathfrak{h} $ with respect to the inner product $ \left<,\right> $ on $ \mathtt{k} $ and $\mathfrak{g}$, respectively. Then \begin{equation*} g=dt^2+g_t,~~ h=dr^2+h_r, \end{equation*} and the inner products $ \alpha_t $, and $ \beta_r $, on $\mathfrak{m}$ and $\mathfrak{n}$ are induced from $ g_t $, and $ h_r $. Choose orthonormal bases $ {X_j}{j=1}^{m-1} $ and $ {Y_a}{a=1}^{n-1} $ of $ (\mathfrak{m},\left<,\right>) $ and $ (\mathfrak{n},\left<,\right>) $ in such a way that \begin{equation*} \alpha_t(X_i,X_j)=f_i(t)^2\delta_{ij}\quad\text{and}\quad\beta_r(Y_a,Y_b)=h_a(r)^2\delta_{ab}. \end{equation*} As in formula \eqref{eikcs}, define orthonormal frame fields $ {e_j}{j=1}^{m-1} $ and $ {\bar{e}a}{a=1}^{n-1} $ on neighborhoods $ W $ and $ \bar{W} $ of $ c(t) $ and $ \bar{c}(r) $, respectively. Then we obtain the following proposition. \begin{prop}\label{aminboxofc1} Assume that the function $ r(t):[0, l]\rightarrow[0,\bar{l}] $ satisfies $ r(0)=0, ~r(l)=\bar{l} $, and $ 0<r(t) <\bar{l} $ for $ 0<t<l $. Then $ \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi ) $ which $ \phi:(M,g)\rightarrow (N,h) $ is an $ A $-equivariant map and smooth on $ \mathring{M} $, can be described as \begin{multline*} \mathbf{\stackrel{T}{\Box}}(\phi )(c(t))= \sum{a=1}^{n-1}\sum_{i,j=1}^{m-1}T_{ij}(c(t))\Big(f_i(t)^{-1}f_j(t)^{-1}h_a(r)^{-1}\beta_r(Y_a,[V_i,U_j])\Big){\bar{e}a}\hfill \+\sum{a=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j=1}^{m-1}\left(T_{jm}+T_{mj}\right)\Big(\dot{r}(t) h_a(r)^{-2}f_j(t)^{-1}\big(\dfrac{d}{dr}h_a(r)\big)-f_j(t)^{-2}\big(\dfrac{d}{dt}f_j(t)\big)h_a(r)^{-1}\Big)\beta_r(Y_a,U_j)\bar{e}{a}\hfill \ +\sum{a=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j=1}^{m-1}T_{mj}(c(t))h_a(r)^{-1}f_j(t)^{-1}\beta_r(Y_a,\dfrac{d}{dt}U_j)\bar{e}a\hfill \+\Bigg(T{mm}(c(t))\ddot{r}(t)+\sum_{i=1}^{m-1}T_{ii} f_i(t)^{-1}\dfrac{df_i}{dt}\dot{r}(t)\hfill \ -\sum_{a=1}^{n-1}\sum_{i,j=1}^{m-1}T_{ij}~ h_a(r)^{-3}\big(\dfrac{d}{dr}h_a(r)\big)f_i(t)^{-1}f_j(t)^{-1}\beta_r(Y_a,U_i)\beta_r(Y_a,U_j)\Bigg)\bar{e}_n\hfill \

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Introduction

The study of harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds has garnered significant attention in differential geometry and mathematical physics due to its rich interplay with various geometric structures and physical theories. In particular, the concept of equivariant harmonic maps, which respect the symmetry of the underlying spaces, has emerged as a vital area of research. This paper builds upon the foundational work of Urakawa \cite{UrakawaH}, who explored equivariant harmonic maps between compact Riemannian manifolds of cohomogeneity one. We extend his results to the realm of equivariant ( T )-harmonic maps, a concept introduced in \cite{intoftharmonic} and further developed in \cite{AminKashani}.

The primary objective of this paper is to establish a framework for understanding ( T )-harmonic maps in the context of cohomogeneity one manifolds. We begin by recalling the essential definitions and properties of cohomogeneity one actions, where a compact Lie group ( K ) acts isometrically and effectively on a compact Riemannian manifold ( (M,g) ) such that the orbits have codimension one. This setting allows us to derive ordinary differential equations governing the behavior of equivariant ( T )-harmonic maps between such manifolds.

In our analysis, we assume that both the domain and target Riemannian manifolds possess cohomogeneity one, leading to a structured approach to the study of these maps. We will demonstrate how the Euler-Lagrange equations governing the harmonicity of these maps can be reduced to the ( T )-harmonicity conditions, thereby simplifying the analysis of their properties. As a significant application of our theoretical framework, we will construct explicit examples of ( T )-harmonic maps from 2-flat tori into spheres, illustrating the practical implications of our findings.

The structure of this paper is as follows: we first review the necessary prerequisites from the literature, including the definitions of cohomogeneity one actions and the relevant mathematical tools for analyzing ( T )-harmonic maps. We then present our main results, detailing the derivation of the ordinary differential equations for equivariant ( T )-harmonic maps and their implications. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of the applications and potential future directions for research in this area.

In summary, this paper aims to bridge the gap between the existing theories of harmonic maps and the newly introduced concept of ( T )-harmonic maps, providing a comprehensive framework for their study in the context of compact Riemannian manifolds of cohomogeneity one. Through our exploration, we hope to contribute to the ongoing discourse in differential geometry and its applications in mathematical physics.

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