Regularity and uniqueness of p-harmonic maps with small range

We prove the uniqueness of solutions to Dirichlet problem for p-harmonic maps with images in a small geodesic ball of the target manifold. As a consequence, we show that such maps have Hölder continuous derivatives. This gives an extension of a result by Hildebrandt et al. (Acta Math 138:1–16, 1977) concerning harmonic maps.     

On the Heat Flow for Harmonic Maps with Potential

Let (M, g) and (N, h) be twoconnected Riemannian manifolds without boundary (M compact,N complete). Let G C (N): ifu: M N is a smooth map, we consider the functional E _G (u) = (1/2) _M [|du|²– 2G(u)]dV _M and we study its associated heat equation. Inthe compact case, we recover a version of the Eells–Sampson theorem,while for noncompact target manifold N, we establishsuitable hypotheses and ensure global existence and convergence atinfinity. In the second part of the paper, we study phenomena of blowingup solutions.     

Q-curvature flow on 4-manifolds

We formulate an appropriate gradient flow in order to study the evolution of the Q-curvature to a prescribed function on a 4-manifold. For a class of prescribed functions, we show convergence and describe the asymptotic behaviour at infinity.     

Heat flow for p-harmonic maps with small initial data

We study developing singularities for surfaces of rotation with free boundaries and evolving under volume-preserving mean curvature flow. We show that singularities form a finite, discrete set along the axis of rotation. We prove a monotonicity formula and conclude that type I singularities are asymtotically cylindrical.