Fractional harmonic maps into manifolds in odd dimension \(n > 1\) (Q376603)

The paper considers critical points (called \(n/2\) harmonic maps) of the following nonlocal energy: \(\mathcal{L}_n(u)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|(-\Delta)^{n/4} u(x)|^2 dx\), where \(u\in H^{n/2}(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{N})\), \(\mathcal{N}\subset\mathbb{R}^m\) is a compact \(k\)-dimensional smooth manifold without boundary, and \(n>1\) is an odd integer. It is proved that \((-\Delta)^{n/4} u\in L^p_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^n)\) for every \(p\geq1\), which infers \(u\in C^{0,\alpha}_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^n)\), for every \(\alpha\in(0,1)\). The local Hölder continuity of \(n/2\)-harmonic maps is based on several regularity results from the habilitation paper of the author (in preparation), which are derived for nonlocal Schrödinger systems with an antisymmetric potential and on some new 3-terms commutators estimates.