The energy of unit vector fields on the
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A. Higuchi; B.S. Kay; C.M. Wood
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The stability of the three-dimensional Hopf vector field, as a harmonic section of the unit tangent bundle is viewed from a number of different angles. The spectrum of the vertical Jacobi operator is computed, and compared with that of the Jacobi operator of the identity map on the 3-sphere. The var