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We consider an oriented distribution as a section of the corresponding Grassmann bundle and, by computing the tension of this map for conveniently chosen metrics, we obtain the conditions which the distribution must satisfy in order to be critical for the functionals related to the volume or the energy of the map. We show that the three-dimensional distribution ofS 4m+3 tangent to the quaternionic Hopf fibration defines a harmonic map and a minimal immersion and we extend these results to more general situations coming from 3-Sasakian and quaternionic geometry.
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Partially supported by DGI Grant No. BFM2001-3548.
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Gil-Medrano, O., González-Dávila, J.C. & Vanhecke, L. Harmonicity and minimality of oriented distributions. Isr. J. Math. 143, 253–279 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803502
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