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Convergence of harmonic maps on the Poincaré disk
Author(s):
Guowu
Yao
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
132
(2004),
2483-2493.
MSC (2000):
Primary 58E20;
Secondary 30C62
Posted:
March 3, 2004
MathSciNet review:
2052429
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Abstract:
Let be a sequence of locally quasiconformal harmonic maps on the unit disk with respect to the Poincaré metric. Suppose that the energy densities of are uniformly bounded from below by a positive constant and locally uniformly bounded from above. Then there is a subsequence of that locally uniformly converges on , and the limit function is either a locally quasiconformal harmonic map of the Poincaré disk or a constant. Especially, if the limit function is not a constant, the subsequence can be chosen to satisfy some stronger conditions. As an application, it is proved that every point of the space , a subspace of the universal Teichmüller space, can be represented by a quasiconformal harmonic map that is an asymptotic hyperbolic isometry.
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Guowu
Yao
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
Address at time of publication:
Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
Email:
wallgreat@lycos.com
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07465-9
PII:
S 0002-9939(04)07465-9
Keywords:
Harmonic map,
energy density,
locally quasiconformal map,
asymptotic hyperbolic isometry
Received by editor(s):
May 17, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
May 15, 2003
Posted:
March 3, 2004
Additional Notes:
This research was supported by the ``973'' Project Foundation of China (Grant No. TG199075105) and the Foundation for Doctoral Programme
Communicated by:
Juha M. Heinonen
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