On the energy spectrum of harmonic 2-spheres in unitary groups

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(88)90032-8zbMath0744.53027OpenAlexW2070663676MaRDI QIDQ1813135

Giorgio Valli

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(88)90032-8

zbMATH Keywords

Chern classharmonic mapsholomorphic vector bundlesuniton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20)

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