Divergence-free framings of three-manifolds via eigenspinors

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author Lin, Francesco
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contents Gromov used convex integration to prove that any closed orientable three-manifold equipped with a volume form admits three divergence-free vector fields which are linearly independent at every point. We provide an alternative proof of this (inspired by Seiberg-Witten theory) using geometric properties of eigenspinors in three dimensions. In fact, our proof shows that for any Riemannian metric, one can find three divergence-free vector fields such that at every point they are orthogonal and have the same non-zero length.
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spellingShingle Divergence-free framings of three-manifolds via eigenspinors
Lin, Francesco
Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
Gromov used convex integration to prove that any closed orientable three-manifold equipped with a volume form admits three divergence-free vector fields which are linearly independent at every point. We provide an alternative proof of this (inspired by Seiberg-Witten theory) using geometric properties of eigenspinors in three dimensions. In fact, our proof shows that for any Riemannian metric, one can find three divergence-free vector fields such that at every point they are orthogonal and have the same non-zero length.
title Divergence-free framings of three-manifolds via eigenspinors
topic Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14331