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Fractional Harmonic Maps into Manifolds in odd dimension n>1

Analysis of PDEs 2010-12-14 v1

Abstract

In this paper we consider critical points of the following nonlocal energy {equation} {\cal{L}}_n(u)=\int_{\R^n}| ({-\Delta})^{n/4} u(x)|^2 dx\,, {equation} where u ⁣:Hn/2(Rn)Nu\colon H^{n/2}(\R^n)\to{\cal{N}}\, NRm{\cal{N}}\subset\R^m is a compact kk dimensional smooth manifold without boundary and n>1n>1 is an odd integer. Such critical points are called n/2n/2-harmonic maps into N{\cal{N}}. We prove that Δn/2uLlocp(Rn)\Delta ^{n/2} u\in L^p_{loc}(\R^n) for every p1p\ge 1 and thus uCloc0,α(Rn).u\in C^{0,\alpha}_{loc}(\R^n)\,. The local H\"older continuity of n/2n/2-harmonic maps is based on regularity results obtained in \cite{DL1} for nonlocal Schr\"odinger systems with an antisymmetric potential and on suitable {\it 3-terms commutators} estimates.

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@article{arxiv.1012.2741,
  title  = {Fractional Harmonic Maps into Manifolds in odd dimension n>1},
  author = {Francesca Da Lio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2741},
  year   = {2010}
}

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27 pages

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