Some remarks on geodesics in gauge groups and harmonic maps

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(87)90018-0zbMath0656.58010WikidataQ125116858 ScholiaQ125116858MaRDI QIDQ1110147

Giorgio Valli

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(87)90018-0

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifold; harmonic maps; gauge group; connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E20: Harmonic maps, etc.

53C05: Connections (general theory)

58E10: Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable)

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