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On the volume of unit vector fields on spaces of constant sectional curvature
2004
A unit vector field X on a Riemannian manifold determines a submanifold in the unit tangent bundle. The volume of X is the volume of this submanifold for the induced Sasaki metric. It is known that the parallel fields are the trivial minima.
Actions de IR et courbure de ricci du Fibré unitaire tangent des surfaces
1986
Characterisation of 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds (M, g) (in particular, of surfaces with constant gaussian curvatureK=1/c2, o,−1/c2, respectively) whose tangent circle bundle (TcM, gs) (gs=Sasaki metric) admit an «almost-regular» vector field belonging to an eigenspace of the Ricci operator.