Axially symmetric harmonic maps minimizing a relaxed energy

Here we obtain various results on the class of axially symmetric harmonic maps from B ³ to S ². We find some new classes of non-minimizing harmonic maps exhibiting unusual singular behavior. Optimal partial regularity estimates are obtained for mappings which minimize, among axially symmetric maps, various relaxed energies which have been studied in [4]and [11].     

Fourth order approximation of harmonic maps from surfaces

Let be a compact Riemannian surface and let be a compact Riemannian manifold, both without boundary, and assume that N is isometrically embedded into some ℝ ^l . We consider a sequence of critical points of the functional with uniformly bounded energy. We show that this sequence converges weakly in and strongly away from finitely many points to a smooth harmonic map. One can perform a blow-up to show that there separate at most finitely many non-trivial harmonic two-spheres at these finitely many points. Finally we prove the so called energy identity for this approximation in the case that ↪ ℝ ^l . Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 58E20, 35J60, 53C43     

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     

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 the relaxed total variation of singular maps

We consider the total variation functional defined on W^1,n(,ⁿ) for ⁿ. An extension TV^p is defined by relaxation in the weak topology of W^1,p for p<n; so the relaxed functional is defined also on maps which may have singularities. In this paper we study the relaxed total variation and compute the functional on 0-homogeneous singular maps. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):26B10 (49J45)     

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.     

A boundary value problem for Hermitian harmonic maps and applications

We study the existence and uniqueness problems for Hermitian harmonic maps from Hermitian manifolds with boundary to Riemannian manifolds of nonpositive sectional curvature and with convex boundary. The complex analyticity of such maps and the related rigidity problems are also investigated.

     

A geometric theory of harmonic and semi-conformal maps

We describe for any Riemannian manifold M a certain scheme M _L , lying in between the first and second neighbourhood of the diagonal of M. Semi-conformal maps between Riemannian manifolds are then analyzed as those maps that preserve M _L ; harmonic maps are analyzed as those that preserve the (Levi-Civita-) mirror image formation inside M _L .     

A finiteness theorem for harmonic maps into Hilbert Grassmannians

In this article we demonstrate that every harmonic map from a closed Riemannian manifold into a Hilbert Grassmannian has image contained within a finite-dimensional Grassmannian.

     

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.     

Weak compactness of wave maps and harmonic maps

We show that a weak limit of a sequence of wave maps in (1 + 2) dimensions with uniformly bounded energy is again a wave map. Essential ingredients in the proof are Hodge structures related to harmonic maps, ¹ estimates for Jacobians, ¹-BMO duality, a “monotonicity” formula in the hyperbolic context and the concentration compactness method. Application of similar ideas in the elliptic context yields a drastically shortened proof of recent results by Bethuel on Palais-Smale sequences for the harmonic map functional on two dimensional domains and on limits of almost H-surfaces.     

Simultaneous numerical approximation of microstructures and relaxed minimizers

Summary. The problem of minimizing multiple integral functionals with nonquasiconvex integrands is considered. A numerical method, which is based on an alternative minimizing problem to the relaxed problem and thus uses no quasiconvex envelope of the integrands nor its numerical approximation in the computation, is introduced to approximate simultaneously the highly oscillating minimizing sequences, or in other words microstructures, and the minimizers of the corresponding relaxed problem. Existence and convergence of the discrete solutions are proved and an error estimate is obtained. A numerical example is given. Received May 24, 1996 / Revised version received October 4, 1996     

An existence theorem for harmonic maps

The aim of this article is to prove the existence of a harmonic map in a given homotopy class from a non-compact manifold into another one, while this class fulfills a geometrical simplicity condition.     

Regularity of harmonic maps

We present an elementary argument of the regularity of weak harmonic maps of a surface into the spheres, as well as the partial regularity of stationary harmonic maps of a higher‐dimensional domain into the spheres. The argument does not make use of the structure of Hardy spaces. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Discrete approximation of relaxed optimal control problems

We consider a general nonlinear optimal control problem for systems governed by ordinary differential equations with terminal state constraints. No convexity assumptions are made. The problem, in its so-called relaxed form, is discretized and necessary conditions for discrete relaxed optimality are derived. We then prove that discrete optimality [resp., extremality] in the limit carries over to continuous optimality [resp., extremality]. Finally, we prove that limits of sequences of Gamkrelidze discrete relaxed controls can be approximated by classical controls.