Elliptic functions, Green functions and the mean field equations on tori

Abstract

We show that the Green functions on flat tori can have either three or five critical points only. There does not seem to be any direct method to attack this problem. Instead, we have to employ sophisticated nonlinear partial differential equations to study it. We also study the distribution of the number of critical points over the moduli space of flat tori through deformations. The functional equations of special theta values provide important inequalities which lead to a solution for all rhombus tori.

Authors

Chang-Shou Lin

Department of Mathematics and Taida Institute of Mathematical Sciences (TIMS)
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan

Chin-Lung Wang

Department of Mathematics
National Taiwan University
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei, 10617
Taiwan
and
Department of Mathematics
National Central University
Chung-Li
Taiwan