Existence of harmonic maps and eigenvalue optimization in higher dimensions

DOI10.1007/S00222-024-01247-3arXiv2207.13635OpenAlexW4392015143MaRDI QIDQ6203657FDOQ6203657

Authors: Mikhail Karpukhin, Daniel Stern 

Publication date: 6 April 2024

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the existence of nonconstant harmonic maps of optimal regularity from an arbitrary closed manifold $(M^n,g)$ of dimension $n>2$ to any closed, non-aspherical manifold $N$ containing no stable minimal two-spheres. In particular, this gives the first general existence result for harmonic maps from higher-dimensional manifolds to a large class of positively curved targets. In the special case of the round spheres $N=mathbb{S}^k$, $kgeq3$, we obtain a distinguished family of nonconstant harmonic maps $Momathbb{S}^k$ of index at most $k+1$, with singular set of codimension at least $7$ for $k$ sufficiently large. Furthermore, if $3leqnleq5$, we show that these smooth harmonic maps stabilize as $k$ becomes large, and correspond to the solutions of an eigenvalue optimization problem on $M$, generalizing the conformal maximization of the first Laplace eigenvalue on surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.13635

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Partial differential equations on manifolds; differential operators (58Jxx) Global differential geometry (53Cxx)

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