Conformal trajectories in 3-dimensional space form

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Autori principali: Lopez, Rafael, Munteanu, Marian Ioan
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author Lopez, Rafael
Munteanu, Marian Ioan
author_facet Lopez, Rafael
Munteanu, Marian Ioan
contents We introduce the notion of conformal trajectories in three-dimensional Riemannian manifolds $M^3$. Given a conformal vector field $V\in\mathfrak{X}(M^3)$, a conformal trajectory of $V$ is a regular curve $γ$ in $M^3$ satisfying $\nabla_{γ'}γ'=q\, V\timesγ'$, for some fixed non-zero constant $q\in {\mathbb{R}}$. In this paper, we study conformal trajectories in the space forms ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, ${\mathbb{S}}^3$ and ${\mathbb{H}}^3$. For (non-Killing) conformal vector fields in ${\mathbb{S}}^3$ (respectively in ${\mathbb{H}}^3$), we prove that conformal trajectories have constant curvature and its torsion is a linear combination of trigonometric (respectively hyperbolic) functions on the arc-length parameter. In the case of Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, we obtain the same result for the radial vector field and characterising all conformal trajectories.
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spellingShingle Conformal trajectories in 3-dimensional space form
Lopez, Rafael
Munteanu, Marian Ioan
Differential Geometry
Primary 53A10, Secondary 53C44, 53C21, 53C42
We introduce the notion of conformal trajectories in three-dimensional Riemannian manifolds $M^3$. Given a conformal vector field $V\in\mathfrak{X}(M^3)$, a conformal trajectory of $V$ is a regular curve $γ$ in $M^3$ satisfying $\nabla_{γ'}γ'=q\, V\timesγ'$, for some fixed non-zero constant $q\in {\mathbb{R}}$. In this paper, we study conformal trajectories in the space forms ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, ${\mathbb{S}}^3$ and ${\mathbb{H}}^3$. For (non-Killing) conformal vector fields in ${\mathbb{S}}^3$ (respectively in ${\mathbb{H}}^3$), we prove that conformal trajectories have constant curvature and its torsion is a linear combination of trigonometric (respectively hyperbolic) functions on the arc-length parameter. In the case of Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, we obtain the same result for the radial vector field and characterising all conformal trajectories.
title Conformal trajectories in 3-dimensional space form
topic Differential Geometry
Primary 53A10, Secondary 53C44, 53C21, 53C42
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15890