On the existence of harmonic maps

We study different properties of harmonic maps between two compact Riemannian manifolds M and M' and in particular the following existence question: do there exist harmonic elements in the different homotopy classes of maps from M to M'? Our first result is an affirmative answer to that qu...

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Main Author: Lemaire, Luc
Published: University of Warwick 1977
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.463056