Invariant Hyperplane Sections of Vector Fields on the Product of Spheres

Abstract

Let $S_{p,q}$ be the hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^{p+q+1}$ defined by the following: $$ S_{p,q} := \left\lbrace (x_1,\ldots,x_{p+1},x_{p+2},\ldots,x_{p+q+1}) \in \mathbb{R}^{p+q+1} \big| \left( \sum_{i=1}^{p+1} x_i^2 - a^2 \right)^2 + \sum_{j=p+2}^{p+q+1} x_j^2 = 1 \right\rbrace,$$ where $a > 1$. We show that $S_{p,q}$ is homeomorphic to the product $S^p \times S^q$. We classify all degree one and two polynomial vector fields on $S_{p,q}$. We consider the polynomial vector field $\mathcal{X} = (R_1,...,R_{p+1},R_{p+2},...,R_{p+q+1})$ in $\mathbb{R}^{p+q+1}$ which keeps $S_{p,q}$ invariant. Then we study the number of certain invariant algebraic subsets of $S_{p,q}$ for the vector field $\mathcal{X}$ if either $p>1$ or $q>1$.