Related papers: Energy minimisers with prescribed Jacobian

We study the map from conductances to edge energies for harmonic functions on finite graphs with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove that for any compatible acyclic orientation and choice of energies there is a unique choice of…

In 1996, Shi generalized the epsilon-regularity theorem of Schoen and Uhlenbeck to energy-minimizing harmonic maps from a domain equipped with a bounded measurable Riemannian metric. In the present work we prove a compactness result for…

For any $n$-dimensional compact spin Riemannian manifold $M$ with a given spin structure and a spinor bundle $\Sigma M$, and any compact Riemannian manifold $N$, we show an $\epsilon$-regularity theorem for weakly Dirac-harmonic maps . As a…

The geometric approach to mechanics based on the Jacobi metric allows to easily construct natural mechanical systems which are integrable (actually separable) at a fixed value of the energy. The aim of the present paper is to investigate…

In any dimension $N \geq 1$, for given mass $m > 0$ and for the $C^1$ energy functional \begin{equation*} I(u):=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla u|^2dx-\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}F(u)dx, \end{equation*} we revisit the classical problem of…

This article is about polynomial maps with a certain symmetry and/or antisymmetry in their Jacobians, and whether the Jacobian Conjecture is satisfied for such maps, or whether it is sufficient to prove the Jacobian Conjecture for such…

We establish a framework for fiberwise symmetrization to find a lower bound of a Dirichlet-type energy functional in a variational problem on a fibred Riemannian manifold, and use it to prove a comparison theorem of the first eigenvalue of…

In this paper, we present a comprehensive proof concerning the regularity of critical points for the spline energy functional on Riemannian manifolds, even for the general higher-order case. Although this result is widely acknowledged in…

Given a bounded finely open set $V$ and a function $f$ on the fine boundary of $V$, we introduce four types of upper Perron solutions to the nonlinear Dirichlet problem for $p$-energy minimizers, $1<p<\infty$, with $f$ as boundary data.…

In this paper, we first study the $\alpha-$energy functional, Euler-Lagrange operator and $\alpha$-stress energy tensor. Second, it is shown that the critical points of $\alpha-$ energy functional are explicitly related to harmonic maps…

We revisit a classical result by Jacobi on the local minimality, as critical points of the corresponding energy functional, of fixed-energy solutions of the Kepler equation joining two distinct points with the same distance from the origin.…

We study $p$-energies on post critically finite (p.c.f.) self-similar sets for $1<p<\infty$, as limits of discrete $p$-energies on approximation graphs, extending the construction of Dirichlet forms, the $p=2$ setting. By suitably enlarging…

We study a variational model for transition layers in thin ferromagnetic films with an underlying functional that combines an Allen-Cahn type structure with an additional nonlocal interaction term. The model represents the magnetisation by…

We study the existence and regularity of energy-minimizing harmonic almost complex structures. We have proved results similar to the theory of harmonic maps, notably the classical results of Schoen-Uhlenbeck and recent advance by…

In this paper, we investigate energy-minimizing curves with fixed endpoints $p$ and $q$ in a constrained space. We prove that when one of the endpoints, say $p$, is fixed, the set of points $q$ for which the energy-minimizing curve is not…

Let $(u_j)_j$ be a sequence of maps in $W^{1,2}(\Omega;\mathbb R^3)$, where $\Omega$ is a domain in $\mathbb R^3$. When can we conclude that its weak limit $u$ has non-negative Jacobian a.e.? Hencl and Onninen shows that it is sufficient…

We obtain a weak formulation of the stationarity condition for the half Dirichlet energy, which can be expressed in terms of a fractional analogous to the Hopf differential. As an application we show that conformal harmonic maps from the…

For strongly dissipative H\'enon maps at the first bifurcation where the uniform hyperbolicity is destroyed by the formation of tangencies inside the limit set, we establish a thermodynamic formalism, i.e., prove the existence and…

Given a compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ and a fixed cohomology class, $[\alpha^*] \in H^k(M)$, we consider the existence of a minimizer $\alpha \in [\alpha^*]$ of the generalized minimal surface energy $\int_M \sqrt{1+|\alpha|^2}…

The ancient Gamow liquid drop model of nuclear energies has had a renewed life as an interesting problem in the calculus of variations: Find a set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$ with given volume A that minimizes the sum of its surface area…