A factorization theorem for harmonic maps

DOI10.1007/S12220-021-00699-WMaRDI QIDQ2665585zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nathaniel Sagman

Publication date 19 November 2021

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.08377, https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20210608-103915433

zbMATH Keywords

harmonic mapHopf differentialKlein surfaceminimal surfaceRiemann surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann surfaces; Weierstrass points; gap sequences (14H55) Klein surfaces (30F50) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20)

Abstract: Let $f$ be a harmonic map from a Riemann surface to a Riemannian $n$-manifold. We prove that if there is a holomorphic diffeomorphism $h$ between open subsets of the surface such that $fcirch=f$, then $f$ factors through a holomorphic map onto another Riemann surface. If such $h$ is anti-holomorphic, we obtain an analogous statement. For minimal maps, this result is well known and is a consequence of the theory of branched immersions of surfaces due to Gulliver-Osserman-Royden. Our proof relies on various geometric properties of the Hopf differential.

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