BIHARMONIC ALMOST COMPLEX STRUCTURES

dc.contributor.authorHe, Weiyong
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-11T21:53:38Z
dc.date.available2023-10-11T21:53:38Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-10
dc.description28 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractWe introduce the notion of \emph{biharmonic almost complex structure} on a compact almost Hermitian manifold and we study its regularity and existence in dimension four. First we show that there always exist smooth energy-minimizing biharmonic almost complex structures for any almost Hermitian structure on a compact almost complex four manifold, and all energy-minimizers form a compact set. Then we study the existence problem when the homotopy class of an almost complex structure is specified. We obtain existence of energy-minimizing biharmonic almost complex structures which depends on the topology of M4. When M is simply-connected and non-spin, then for each homotopy class which is uniquely determined by its first Chern class, there exists an energy-minimizing biharmonic almost complex structure. When M is simply-connected and spin, for each first Chern class, there are exactly two homotopy classes corresponding to the first Chern class. Given a homotopy class [τ] of an almost complex structure, there exists a canonical operation on the homotopy classes p satisfying p2=id such that p([τ]) and [τ] have the same first Chern class. We prove that there exists an energy-minimizing biharmonic almost complex structure in (at least) one of the two homotopy classes, [τ] and p([τ]). In general if M is not necessarily simply-connected, we prove that there exists an energy-minimizing biharmonic almost complex structure in (at least) one of the two homotopy classes [τ] and p([τ]). The study of biharmonic almost complex structures should have many applications, in particular for the smooth topology of the underlying almost complex four manifold. We briefly discuss an approach by considering the moduli space of biharmonic almost complex structures and propose a conjecture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHe, W. (2020). Biharmonic almost complex structure. Cornell University, 1—28. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2006.05958en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2006.05958
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/28974
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCornell Universityen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectEnergy-minimizing harmonicen_US
dc.subjectHermitian manifolden_US
dc.subjectHomotopy classesen_US
dc.titleBIHARMONIC ALMOST COMPLEX STRUCTURESen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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