arXiv · 1701.08753
Multiple valued Jacobi fields
Abstract
We develop a multivalued theory for the stability operator of (a constant multiple of) a minimally immersed submanifold $\Sigma$ of a Riemannian manifold $\mathcal{M}$. We define the multiple valued counterpart of the classical Jacobi fields as the minimizers of the second variation functional defined on a Sobolev space of multiple valued sections of the normal bundle of $\Sigma$ in $\mathcal{M}$, and we study existence and regularity of such minimizers. Finally, we prove that any $Q$-valued Jacobi field can be written as the superposition of $Q$ classical Jacobi fields everywhere except for a relatively closed singular set having codimension at least two in the domain.
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Salvatore Stuvard. 2017-01-30. Multiple valued Jacobi fields. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-019-1545-9
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