Commentary on “Nonunique tangent maps at isolated singularities of harmonic maps” by Brian White

Minicozzi, William, II

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Commentary on “Nonunique tangent maps at isolated singularities of harmonic maps” by Brian White
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Immediately following the commentary below, this previously published article is reprinted in its entirety: Brian White, “Nonunique tangent maps at isolated singularities of harmonic maps”, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 26 (1992), no. 1, 123–129.

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