Energies of ${S}^{2}$-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions

Majumdar, A.; Robbins, J. M.; Zyskin, M.

doi:10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.11.003

Energies of

S^{2}

-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions

Majumdar, A. ; Robbins, J. M. ; Zyskin, M.

Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008) no. 1, pp. 77-103.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.11.003

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Majumdar, A.; Robbins, J. M.; Zyskin, M. Energies of ${S}^{2}$-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008) no. 1, pp. 77-103. doi : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.11.003. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.11.003/

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