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Author(s): S. E. Stepanov; I. G. Shandra
Translated by: N. Yu. Netsvetaev
Original publication: Algebra i Analiz, tom 16 (2004), vypusk 2.
Journal: St. Petersburg Math. J. 16 (2005), 401-412.
MSC (2000): Primary 53C43, 58E20
Posted: March 9, 2005
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Abstract: In spite of the abundance of publications on harmonic mappings of manifolds, at present there exists neither a theory of harmonic diffeomorphisms, nor a definition of infinitesimal harmonic transformation of a Riemannian manifold, to say nothing of the theory of groups of such transformations. In the paper, this gap is partially filled, and a new subject of investigations is announced.

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S. E. Stepanov
Affiliation: Vladimir State Pedagogical University, Pr. Stroitelei 11, Vladimir 600024, Russia
Email: stepanov@vtsnnet.ru

I. G. Shandra
Affiliation: Financial Academy, Government of the Russian Federation, Leningradskii Pr. 51, Moscow 125468, Russia
Email: igor-shandra@mtu-net.ru

DOI: 10.1090/S1061-0022-05-00856-3
PII: S 1061-0022(05)00856-3
Keywords: Riemannian manifold, harmonic diffeomorphism, infinitesimal harmonic transformation
Received by editor(s): 18/SEP/2001
Posted: March 9, 2005
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society

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