Homotopy classes in Sobolev spaces and the existence of energy minimizing maps

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Publication:1104610

DOI10.1007/BF02392271zbMath0647.58016MaRDI QIDQ1104610

Brian White

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Acta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)




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