Existence of polyharmonic maps in critical dimensions

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Authors Weiyong He, Ruiqi Jiang, Longzhi Lin

Publication date 3 November 2019

Abstract: We prove that for any two closed Riemannian manifolds $M^{2m}$ ($mgeq1$) and $N$, there exists a minimizing (extrinsic) $m$-polyharmonic map for every free homotopy class in $[M^{2m},N]$, provided that the homotopy group $p{i}_{2m}(N)$ is trivial. This generalizes the celebrated existence results for harmonic maps and biharmonic maps. We also prove that there exists a non-constant smooth polyharmonic map from $mathbb{R}^{2m}$ to $N$ by a blowup analysis at an energy-concentration point for an energy-minimizing sequence if the convergence fails to be strong.

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