Two Reports On Harmonic Maps
Author | : James Eells |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 1995-03-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789814502924 |
ISBN-13 | : 9814502928 |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Download or read book Two Reports On Harmonic Maps written by James Eells and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-03-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds are solutions of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations which appear in different contexts of differential geometry. They include holomorphic maps, minimal surfaces, σ-models in physics. Recently, they have become powerful tools in the study of global properties of Riemannian and Kählerian manifolds.A standard reference for this subject is a pair of Reports, published in 1978 and 1988 by James Eells and Luc Lemaire.This book presents these two reports in a single volume with a brief supplement reporting on some recent developments in the theory. It is both an introduction to the subject and a unique source of references, providing an organized exposition of results spread throughout more than 800 papers.