On the harmonic maps from into
Author:
Jun Min Lin
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 108 (1990), 521-527
MSC:
Primary 58E20; Secondary 30C60, 35Q99
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1990-0975649-1
MathSciNet review:
975649
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Abstract: In this paper, we prove that normalized harmonic maps from or
into
are just geodesies on
and that the quasiconformal harmonic maps from
into
are constant maps. We prove also that the only solution to
on
is the zero solution.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1990-0975649-1
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