Energy identity of harmonic map flows from surfaces at finite singular time (Q1387911): Difference between revisions

The understanding of the behavior of harmonic maps from compact Riemannian surfaces \((M,g)\) to Riemannian submanifolds \((N,h) \subset \mathbb{R}^n\) near a singular point \(T_0\) of finite time is a difficult open problem. In this framework, the authors give a different (simpler) proof of a theorem of Qing-Tian [\textit{J. Qing} and \textit{G. Tian}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 50, No. 4, 295-310 (1997; Zbl 0879.58017)]. Namely, they provide an energy identity for the harmonic flow \(u(\cdot,t)\), which involves a finite number of nonconstant harmonic maps \(\omega_i: S^2 \to N\) (referred to as bubbles) associated with \(u(\cdot,t)\).