Harmonic maps near the identity of Sn

被引:1
作者
Chow, Bennett [1 ]
Lu, Peng [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Math, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Oregon, Dept Math, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
关键词
Harmonic map; Isometry; Identity map on round sphere;
D O I
10.1016/j.difgeo.2015.06.001
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
In this expository note we discuss how to apply the inverse function theorem to prove the folklore result that on the unit n-sphere for n >= 3 any harmonic self-map near the identity must be an isometry. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:6
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