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Remark on the Dirichlet problem for harmonic maps from the disc into the 2-sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Jie Qing
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, UCLA, CA 90024, U.S.A

Synopsis

In this paper we prove a theorem concerning existence and nonexistence of minimising harmonic maps in each connected component using the framework of Brezis, Coron and Soyeur.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992

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