The submersion version of generalized Chen's conjecture

Let Mm(c)M^m(c) be an mm-dimensional space form of constant sectional curvature cc, let Nm1N^{m-1} be a manifold, and let φ:Mm(c)Nm1\varphi:M^m(c)\to N^{m-1} be a Riemannian submersion. Submersion version of generalized Chen's conjecture. Are biharmonic submersions φ:Mm(c)Nm1\varphi:M^m(c)\to N^{m-1} harmonic? Are triharmonic submersions φ:Mm(c)Nm1\varphi:M^m(c)\to N^{m-1} harmonic? The biharmonic case is known when m=3m=3 and the target has dimension 22, while this paper gives an affirmative partial answer for triharmonic Riemannian submersions from three-dimensional space forms into surfaces; the general questions remain open.

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Tomoya Miura and Shun Maeta, “Triharmonic Riemannian submersions from 3-dimensional manifolds of constant curvature”, arXiv:1608.06088 (2016).

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