Singularities of energy minimizing maps from the ball to the sphere: Examples, counterexamples, and bounds
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Publication:1120866
DOI10.2307/1971434zbMath0673.58013OpenAlexW2332538224WikidataQ124830147 ScholiaQ124830147MaRDI QIDQ1120866
Frederick J. jun. Almgren, Elliott H. Lieb
Publication date: 1988
Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1971434
singular pointsharmonic mapliquid crystalsDirichlet's integral energyminimizing mapunsymmetric singularities
Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Calculus on manifolds; nonlinear operators (58C99) Classical measure theory (28A99)
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