n-Harmonic mappings between annuli

Details n-Harmonic mappings between annuli n-Harmonic mappings between annuli

2011-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/1102.0959v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

120 pages, 22 figures

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The central theme of this paper is the variational analysis of homeomorphisms $h\colon \mathbb X \onto \mathbb Y$ between two given domains $\mathbb X, \mathbb Y \subset \mathbb R^n$. We look for the extremal mappings in the Sobolev space $\mathscr W^{1,n}(\mathbb X,\mathbb Y)$ which minimize the energy integral \[ \mathscr E_h=\int_{\mathbb X} ||Dh(x)||^n dx. \] Because of the natural connections with quasiconformal mappings this $n$-harmonic alternative to the classical Dirichlet integral (for planar domains) has drawn the attention of researchers in Geometric Function Theory. Explicit analysis is made here for a pair of concentric spherical annuli where many unexpected phenomena about minimal $n$-harmonic mappings are observed. The underlying integration of nonlinear differential forms, called free Lagrangians, becomes truly a work of art.

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