Totally geodesic property of the Hopf vector field

Details Totally geodesic property of the Hopf vector field Totally geodesic property of the Hopf vector field

2005-03-25

arxiv.org/abs/math/0503594v1

Acta Math. Hungar. 101, 1-2 (2003), 73-92

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Differential Geometry

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We prove that the Hopf vector field is a unique one among geodesic covariantly normal unit vector fields on spheres such that the submanifold generated by the field is totally geodesic in the unit tangent bundle with Sasaki metric. As application, we give a new proof of stability (instability) of the Hopf vector field with respect to volume variation using standard approach from the theory of submanifolds and find exact boundaries for the sectional curvature of the Hopf vector field.

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