Exponentially harmonic maps into spheres (Q2305956)

Summary: We study smooth exponentially harmonic maps from a compact, connected, orientable Riemannian manifold \(M\) into a sphere \(S^m \subset \mathbb{R}^{m+1}\). Given a codimension two totally geodesic submanifold \(\Sigma \subset S^m\), we show that every nonconstant exponentially harmonic map \(\phi : M \rightarrow S^m\) either meets or links \(\Sigma\). If \(H^1(M, \mathbb{Z}) = 0\) then \(\phi(M) \cap \Sigma \neq \varnothing\).