A new approximation of relaxed energies for harmonic maps and the Faddeev model

DOI10.1007/S00526-010-0353-ZzbMath1221.58012arXiv0911.4224OpenAlexW2061329271MaRDI QIDQ532553

Hao Yin, Mariano Giaquinta, Min-Chun Hong

Publication date: 5 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.4224

zbMATH Keywords

relaxed energyapproximationharmonic mapsminimizerDirichlet energyFaddeev model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50)

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