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A rigidity estimate for maps from $S^2$ to $S^2$ via the harmonic map flow

Differential Geometry 2020-09-23 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We show how a rigidity estimate introduced in recent work of Bernand-Mantel, Muratov and Simon can be derived using the harmonic map flow.

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@article{arxiv.2009.10459,
  title  = {A rigidity estimate for maps from $S^2$ to $S^2$ via the harmonic map flow},
  author = {Peter M. Topping},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.10459},
  year   = {2020}
}
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