Biharmonic maps into a Riemannian manifold of non-positive curvature
Författare
Summary, in English
We study biharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds with finite energy and finite bi-energy. We show that if the domain is complete and the target of non-positive curvature, then such a map is harmonic. We then give applications to isometric immersions and horizontally conformal submersions.
Avdelning/ar
- Matematik (naturvetenskapliga fakulteten)
- Differential Geometry
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
263-272
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Geometriae Dedicata
Volym
169
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Geometry
Nyckelord
- Harmonic map
- Biharmonic map
- Chen’s conjecture
- Generalized Chen’s conjecture
- Primary 58E20
- Secondary 53C43
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Differential Geometry
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0046-5755