Minimizing sequences for conformally invariant integrals of higher order

DOI10.1007/s00526-012-0525-0zbMath1276.58003OpenAlexW2121921661MaRDI QIDQ353120

Andreas Gastel, Andreas J. Nerf

Publication date: 12 July 2013

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-012-0525-0

zbMATH Keywords

minimizing sequencesbubblesconformal rescalingsfree homotopy classesPaneitz energies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Manifolds of mappings (58D15)

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Existence of extrinsic polyharmonic maps in critical dimensions, Estimates by gap potentials of free homotopy decompositions of critical Sobolev maps

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