An accessible and self-contained introduction to harmonic map theory and its analytical aspects, covering recent developments in the regularity theory of weakly harmonic maps. The book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in geometry, analysis of partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Notations; 1. Geometric and analytic setting; 2. Harmonic maps with symmetries; 3. Compensations and exotic function spaces; 4. Harmonic maps without symmetries; 5. Surfaces with mean curvature in L2; References.
Klappentext
Accessible and pedagogical introduction to the theory of harmonic maps, covering recent results and applications.