Subelliptic harmonic maps from Carnot groups

For subelliptic harmonic maps from a Carnot group into a Riemannian manifold without boundary, we prove that they are smooth near any -regular point (see Definition 1.3) for sufficiently small . As a consequence, any stationary subelliptic harmonic map is smooth away from a closed set with zero H^Q-2 measure. This extends the regularity theory for harmonic maps (cf. [SU], [Hf], [El], [Bf]) to this subelliptic setting.Received: 24 April 2002, Accepted: 30 September 2002, Published online: 17 December 2002Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35B65, 58J42     

A regularity theory for intrinsic minimising fractional harmonic maps

We define and develop an interior partial regularity theory for intrinsic energy minimising fractional harmonic maps from Euclidean space into smooth compact Riemannian manifolds for fractional powers strictly between zero and one. Intrinsic fractional harmonic maps are critical points of an energy whose first variation is a Dirichlet to Neumann map for the harmonic map problem on a half-space with a Riemannian metric which can degenerate/become singular along the boundary, depending on the fractional power. Similarly to the approach used to prove regularity for stationary intrinsic semi-harmonic maps, we take advantage of the connection between fractional harmonic maps and free boundary problems for harmonic maps in order to develop a partial regularity theory for the fractional harmonic maps we consider. In particular, we prove partial regularity for locally minimising harmonic maps with (partially) free boundary data on half-spaces with the aforementioned metrics up to the boundary; fractional harmonic maps then inherit this regularity. As a by-product of our methods we shed some new light on the monotonicity of the average energy of solutions of the degenerate linear elliptic equation related to fractional harmonic functions.     

On the Regularity for Stationary Harmonic Maps

We prove a compactness theorem for k-indexed stationary harmonic maps, and show a regularity theorem for this kind of maps which says that the singular set of a k-indexed stationary harmonic map is of Hausdorff dimension at most m-3.     

Hermitian调和映照的Schwarz引理

由Jost和Yau引进的Hermitian调和映照是Riemannian流形上通常的调和映照在Hermitian流形上的一种自然的类比.本文证明了复分析中经典的Schwarz引理对一大类Hermitian调和映照仍然成立.作为推论,我们得到了半共形Hermitian调和映照的Liouville性质.     

On holomorphic harmonic morphisms

We study holomorphic harmonic morphisms from K?hler manifolds to almost Hermitian manifolds. When the codomain is also K?hler we get restrictions on such maps in the case of constant holomorphic curvature. We also prove a Bochner-type formula for holomorphic harmonic morphisms which, under certain curvature conditions of the domain, gives insight to the structure of the vertical distribution. We thus prove that when the domain is compact and non-negatively curved, the vertical distribution is totally geodesic. Received: 28 May 2001     

On the harmonic Hopf construction

The harmonic Hopf construction is an equivariant ansatz for harmonic maps between Euclidean spheres. We prove existence of solutions in the case that has been open. Moreover, we show that the harmonic Hopf construction on every bi-eigenmap with at least one large eigenvalue has a countable family of solutions (if it has one).

     

A remark on the finite time singularity of the heat flow for harmonic maps

In this paper we study the finite time singularities for the solution of the heat flow for harmonic maps. We derive a gradient estimate for the solution across a finite time singularity. In particular, we find that the solution is asymptotically radial around the isolated singular point in space at a finite singular time. It would be more desirable to understand whether the solution is continuous in space at a finite singular time.Received: 15 March 2001, Accepted: 16 June 2002, Published online: 17 December 2002     

Compactification of moduli space of harmonic mappings

We introduce the notion of harmonic nodal maps from the stratified Riemann surfaces into any compact Riemannian manifolds and prove that the space of the energy minimizing nodal maps is sequentially compact. We also give an existence result for the energy minimizing nodal maps. As an application, we obtain a general existence theorem for minimal surfaces with arbitrary genus in any compact Riemannian manifolds. Received: 1 April 1997; revised: 15 April 1998.     

Multiple solutions of the Dirichlet problem for harmonic maps from discs into 2-spheres

In this paper we study the topology of the space of maps from the disc into the 2-sphere with given boundary data by comparing to the topology of the space of rational functions. And we prove theorems about multiple solutions of the Dirichlet problem for harmonic maps in one homotopy class.     

Liouville theorems for harmonic maps

Summary We prove several Liouville theorems for harmonic maps between certain classes of Riemannian manifolds. In particular, the results can be applied to harmonic maps from the Euclidean space (R ^m ,g ₀) to a large class of Riemannian manifolds. Our assumptions on the harmonic maps concern the asymptotic behavior of the maps at .Oblatum 28-XII-1990 & 11-II-1991Supported by NSF grant DMS-8610730     

An approach to the regularity for stable-stationary harmonic maps

In this paper we investigate the regularity of stable-stationary harmonic maps. By assuming that the target manifolds do not carry any stable harmonic , we obtain some compactness results and regularity theorems. In particular, we prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set of these maps cannot exceed , and the dimension estimate is optimal.

     

Bubbling analysis for approximate Lorentzian harmonic maps from Riemann surfaces

For a sequence of approximate harmonic maps \((u_n,v_n)\) (meaning that they satisfy the harmonic system up to controlled error terms) from a compact Riemann surface with smooth boundary to a standard static Lorentzian manifold with bounded energy, we prove that identities for the Lorentzian energy hold during the blow-up process. In particular, in the special case where the Lorentzian target metric is of the form \(g_N -\beta dt^2\) for some Riemannian metric \(g_N\) and some positive function \(\beta \) on N, we prove that such identities also hold for the positive energy (obtained by changing the sign of the negative part of the Lorentzian energy) and there is no neck between the limit map and the bubbles. As an application, we complete the blow-up picture of singularities for a harmonic map flow into a standard static Lorentzian manifold. We prove that the energy identities of the flow hold at both finite and infinite singular times. Moreover, the no neck property of the flow at infinite singular time is true.     

On harmonic maps from stochastically complete manifolds

The main purpose of this article is to generalize a theorem about the size of minimal submanifolds in Euclidean spaces. In fact, we state and prove a non-existence theorem about harmonic maps from a stochastically complete manifold into a cone type domain. The proof is based on a generalized version of the maximum principle applied to the Lapalace-Beltrami operator on Riemannian manifolds. Received: 2 August 2007, Revised: 14 April 2008     

Global existence and blow-up for harmonic map heat flow

For degree-one equivariant maps on bounded domains, the question of finite-time blow-up vs. global existence of solutions to the harmonic map heat flow has been well studied. In this paper we study the Cauchy problem for degree-m equivariant harmonic map heat flow from (2+1)-dimensional space-time into the 2-sphere with initial energy close to the energy of harmonic maps. It is proved that solutions are globally smooth for m?4, whereas for m=1, we show that finite-time singularities can form for this class of data.     

Hermitian harmonic maps from complete manifolds into convex balls

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of Hermitian harmonic maps from complete Hermitian manifolds into convex balls.     

Sobolev spaces and harmonic maps between singular spaces

Recently Korevaar and Schoen developed a Sobolev theory for maps from smooth (at least ) manifolds into general metric spaces by proving that the weak limit of appropriate average difference quotients is well behaved. Here we extend this theory to functions defined over Lipschitz manifold. As an application we then prove an existence theorem for harmonic maps from Lipschitz manifolds to NPC metric spaces. Received December 6, 1996 / Accepted March 4, 1997     

Regularity of harmonic maps with the potential

The aim of this work is to prove the partial regularity of the harmonic maps with potential. The main difficulty caused by the potential is how to find the equation satisfied by the scaling function. Under the assumption on the potential we can obtain the equation, however, for a general potential, even if it is smooth, the partial regularity is still open.     

Mesh optimization for singular axisymmetric harmonic maps from the disc into the sphere

We describe in a mathematical setting the singular energy minimizing axisymmetric harmonic maps from the unit disc into the unit sphere; then, we use this as a test case to compute optimal meshes in presence of sharp boundary layers. For the well-posedness of the continuous minimizing problem, we introduce a lower semicontinuous extension of the energy with respect to weak convergence in BV, and we prove that the extended minimization problem has a unique singular solution. We then show how a moving finite element method, in which the mesh is an unknown of the discrete minimization problem obtained by finite element discretization, mimics this geometric point of view. Finally, we present numerical computations with boundary layers of zero thickness, and we give numerical evidence of the convergence of the method. This last aspect is proved in another paper. This work was supported by the Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 av. du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan Cedex, France     

A dual monotonicity formula for harmonic mappings

The well-known monotonicity formula for harmonic maps says that the scaled energy functional over a ball of radius r is a non-decreasing function of r. The proof uses the fact that the energy functional is critical under any compactly supported variation on the domain of the map. In this article, we will instead use the fact that the energy is critical under variations of the map on the image of the map. By choosing the variational vector field suitably it will be shown that a scaled energy considered as an integral functional over a ball of radius r where r is the distance from a point on the image manifold, is monotonically non-decreasing. The formula takes a stronger form when the image is one dimensional.Received: 29 June 2002, Accepted: 30 September 2002, Published online: 14 February 2003Supported in part by NSF DMS0071862     

On weakly harmonic maps from Finsler to Riemannian manifolds

We prove global C0,α$C^{0,\alpha }$-estimates for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of Riemannian target manifolds generalizing results of Giaquinta, Hildebrandt, and Hildebrandt, Jost and Widman from Riemannian to Finsler domains. As consequences we obtain a Liouville theorem for entire harmonic maps on simple Finsler manifolds, and an existence theorem for harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds into regular balls of a Riemannian target.