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Stability of Biharmonic Legendrian Submanifolds in Sasakian Space Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Toru Sasahara*
Affiliation:
Department of System and Information Technology, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1 Ohbiraki Myo Hachinohe Aomori, 031-8501, Japan. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Biharmonic maps are defined as critical points of the bienergy. Every harmonic map is a stable biharmonic map. In this article, the stability of nonharmonic biharmonic Legendrian submanifolds in Sasakian space forms is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2008

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