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A compactness theorem of $n$-harmonic maps

Analysis of PDEs 2015-06-26 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

For n3n\ge 3, let Ω\Omega be a bounded domain in RnR^n and NN be a compact Riemannian manifold in RLR^L without boundary. Suppose that unW1,n(Ω,N)u_n\in W^{1,n}(\Omega,N) are the Palais-Smale sequences of the Dirichlet nn-energy functional and unu_n converges weakly in W1,nW^{1,n} to a map uW1,n(Ω,N)u\in W^{1,n}(\Omega,N). Then uu is a nn-harmonic map. In particular, the space of nn-harmonic maps is sequentially compact for the weak W1,nW^{1,n}-topology.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405058,
  title  = {A compactness theorem of $n$-harmonic maps},
  author = {Changyou Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405058},
  year   = {2015}
}