The existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds (Q2458354)

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The existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds
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    The existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds (English)
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    31 October 2007
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    The paper investigates the existence of harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds, and their characterization in the spirit of [\textit{T. Ishihara}, J. Math. Kyoto Univ., No.~19, 215--229 (1979; Zbl 0421.31006)]. Using the heat equation method, it is shown that any smooth map from a compact Finsler manifold to a compact Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature is homotopic to a harmonic map which has the minimal energy in its homotopy class.
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    harmonic maps
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    Finsler manifolds
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    existence
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    sectional curvature
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    homotopy class
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