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2025
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05060 |
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- In 1998 T. Rivière proved that there exist infinitely many homotopy classes of $π_3(\mathbb S^2)$ having a minimizing 3-harmonic map. This result is especially surprising taking into account that in $π_3(\mathbb S^3)$ there are only three homotopy classes (corresponding to the degrees $\{-1,0,1\}$) in which a minimizer exists. We extend this theorem in the framework of fractional harmonic maps and prove that for $s\in(0,1)$ there exist infinitely many homotopy classes of $π_{3}(\mathbb S^{2})$ in which there is a minimizing $W^{s,\frac{3}{s}}$-harmonic map.