Topology of certain submanifolds in the Euclidean sphere

Topology of certain submanifolds in the Euclidean sphere
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1981), 643-648 Request permission

Using the nonexistence theorem for stable harmonic maps, we study the fundamental group of certain submanifolds in the Euclidean sphere.

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