Publication Date:
2013-01-22
Description:
We present a short-time existence theorem of solutions to the initial value problem for Schrödinger maps of a closed Riemannian manifold to a compact almost Hermitian manifold. The classical energy method cannot work for this problem since the almost complex structure of the target manifold is not supposed to be parallel with respect to the Levi-Civita connection. In other words, a loss of one derivative arises from the covariant derivative of the almost complex structure. To overcome this difficulty, we introduce a bounded pseudodifferential operator acting on sections of the pullback bundle, and essentially eliminate the loss of one derivative from the Schrödinger map equation.
Print ISSN:
0024-6093
Electronic ISSN:
1469-2120
Topics:
Mathematics
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