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We establish a localized Bochner-type rigidity theorem for harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds. Let $f : (M,g) \to (\overline{M},\overline{g})$ be a harmonic map from a compact manifold. Instead of assuming a global nonpositivity…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Sergey Stepanov

We introduced a new coordinate-free approach to study the Cauchy-Riemann (CR) maps between the real hyperquadrics in the complex projective space. The central theme is based on a notion of orthogonality on the projective space induced by…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-10-11 Yun Gao , Sui-Chung Ng

We present a black hole effect by strategically leveraging a conformal mapping in elastic continuum with curved-space framework, which is less stringent compared to a Schwarzschild model transformed to isotropic refractive index profiles.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Dongwoo Lee , Yiran Hao , Jeonghoon Park , Yaxi Shen , Jensen Li , Junsuk Rho

We develop a new concept of non-positive curvature for metric spaces, based on intersection patterns of closed balls. In contrast to the synthetic approaches of Alexandrov and Buesemann, our concept also applies to metric spaces that might…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Parvaneh Joharinad , Jürgen Jost

We consider harmonic maps into pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. We show the removability of isolated singularities for continuous maps, i.e. that any continuous map from an open subset of R^m into a pseudo-Riemannian manifold which is two times…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Frederic Helein

A Riemannian manifold is called harmonic if its volume density function expressed in polar coordinates centered at any point is radial. Flat and rank-one symmetric spaces are harmonic. The converse (the Lichnerowicz Conjecture) is true for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Y. Nikolayevsky

A complete Riemannian manifold without conjugate points is called asymptotically harmonic if the mean curvature of its horospheres is a universal constant. Examples of asymptotically harmonic manifolds include flat spaces and rank one…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-17 Andrew M. Zimmer

We prove the existence of nonconstant harmonic maps of optimal regularity from an arbitrary closed manifold $(M^n,g)$ of dimension $n>2$ to any closed, non-aspherical manifold $N$ containing no stable minimal two-spheres. In particular,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-28 Mikhail Karpukhin , Daniel Stern

In this paper, we formulate and prove a general compactness theorem for harmonic maps using Deligne-Mumford moduli space and families of curves. The main theorem shows that given a sequence of harmonic maps over a sequence of complex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Woongbae Park

This report attempts a clean presentation of the theory of harmonic maps from complex and K\"ahler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds. After reviewing the theory of harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds initiated by Eells--Sampson and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Brice Loustau

As a higher dimensional version of the theory of Morse functions, there have been various studies of smooth manifolds using generic smooth maps. As fundamental results, in these studies, they have found that inverse images of such maps…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Naoki Kitazawa

We study a geometrical condition (PHWC) which is weaker than horizontal weak conformality. In particular, we show that harmonic maps satisfying this condition, which will be called {\em pseudoharmonic morphisms}, include harmonic morphisms…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Eric Loubeau

Let $\Sigma$ be a compact oriented surface and $N$ a compact K\"ahler manifold with nonnegative holomorphic bisectional curvature. For a solution of harmonic map flow starting from an almost-holomorphic map $\Sigma \to N$ (in the energy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Chong Song , Alex Waldron

We determine bubble tree convergence for a sequence of harmonic maps, with uniform energy bounds, from a compact Riemann surface into a compact locally CAT(1) space. In particular, we demonstrate energy quantization and the no-neck property…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Christine Breiner , Sajjad Lakzian

$\alpha$-Dirac-harmonic maps are variations of Dirac-harmonic maps, analogous to $\alpha$-harmonic maps that were introduced by Sacks-Uhlenbeck to attack the existence problem for harmonic maps from surfaces. For $\alpha >1$, the latter are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Jürgen Jost , Jingyong Zhu

We find algebraic parametrizations of extended solutions of harmonic maps of finite uniton number from a surface to the orthogonal group O(n) in terms of free holomorphic data which lead to formulae for all such harmonic maps. Our work…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Maria João Ferreira , Bruno Ascenso Simões , John C. Wood

We study the relationship between Lorentz harmonic maps into the hyperbolic plane and spacelike surfaces in anti-de Sitter 3-space. Using loop group techniques, we develop a DPW-type representation for Lorentz harmonic maps and provide an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Jorge Bravo-Gadea

We numerically benchmark methods for computing harmonic maps into the unit sphere, with particular focus on harmonic maps with singularities. For the discretization we compare two different approaches, both based on Lagrange finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Sören Bartels , Klaus Böhnlein , Christian Palus , Oliver Sander

We introduce the complete lifts of maps between (real and complex) Euclidean spaces and study their properties concerning holomorphicity, harmonicity and horizontal weakly conformality. As applications, we are able to use this concept to…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Ye-lin Ou

Motivated by the Lipschitz rigidity problem in scalar curvature geometry, we prove that if a closed smooth spin manifold admits a distance decreasing continuous map of non-zero degree to a sphere, then either the scalar curvature is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-25 Man-Chun Lee , Luen-Fai Tam