Refined asymptotics of the Teichmüller harmonic map flow into general targets

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-1019-2zbMATH Open1355.53059arXiv1502.05791OpenAlexW2152335584WikidataQ59475012 ScholiaQ59475012MaRDI QIDQ502232FDOQ502232

Authors: Tobias Huxol, Melanie Rupflin, Peter M. Topping 

Publication date: 3 January 2017

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Teichm"uller harmonic map flow is a gradient flow for the harmonic map energy of maps from a closed surface to a general closed Riemannian target manifold of any dimension, where both the map and the domain metric are allowed to evolve. Given a weak solution of the flow that exists for all time $tgeq0$, we find a sequence of times $t_{i}oinfty$ at which the flow at different scales converges to a collection of branched minimal immersions with no loss of energy. We do this by developing a compactness theory, establishing no loss of energy, for sequences of almost-minimal maps. Moreover, we construct an example of a smooth flow for which the image of the limit branched minimal immersions is disconnected. In general, we show that the necks connecting the images of the branched minimal immersions become arbitrarily thin as $ioinfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05791

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zbMATH Keywords

almost-minimal mapsbranched minimal immersionsharmonic map energynecks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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