harmonic maps

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:application gptkb:geometry
gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:defines smooth maps between Riemannian manifolds that extremize the energy functional
gptkbp:energyFunctional integral of the norm squared of the differential
gptkbp:field differential geometry
mathematical analysis
gptkbp:generalizes harmonic functions
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase geodesics
minimal immersions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label harmonic maps
gptkbp:introducedIn 1964
gptkbp:relatedTo harmonic functions
minimal surfaces
gptkbp:satisfies harmonic map equation
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:mathematician
Eells and Sampson
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:string_theory
calculus of variations
theory of minimal surfaces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Riemannian_Geometry
gptkb:Harmonic_Maps,_Loop_Groups,_and_Integrable_Systems
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8