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Nonunique tangent maps at isolated singularities of harmonic maps
Author(s):
Brian
White
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
26
(1992),
125-129.
MSC (2000):
Primary 58E20;
Secondary 49Q99
MathSciNet review:
1108901
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Abstract:
Shoen and Uhlenbeck showed that "tangent maps" can be defined at singular points of energy minimizing maps. Unfortunately these are not unique, even for generic boundary conditions. Examples are discussed which have isolated singularities with a continuum of distinct tangent maps.
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DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00254-9
PII:
S 0273-0979(1992)00254-9
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1992,
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