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Main Authors: Guerra, André, Lamy, Xavier, Zemas, Konstantinos
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10686
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author Guerra, André
Lamy, Xavier
Zemas, Konstantinos
author_facet Guerra, André
Lamy, Xavier
Zemas, Konstantinos
contents We prove that, modulo rigid motions, the Hopf map is the unique minimizer of the Faddeev--Skyrme energy in its homotopy class, provided that the radius of the target 2-sphere is not smaller than the radius of the domain 3-sphere.
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spellingShingle Global minimality of the Hopf map in the Faddeev-Skyrme model with large coupling constant
Guerra, André
Lamy, Xavier
Zemas, Konstantinos
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
26D10, 30C70, 49Q20
We prove that, modulo rigid motions, the Hopf map is the unique minimizer of the Faddeev--Skyrme energy in its homotopy class, provided that the radius of the target 2-sphere is not smaller than the radius of the domain 3-sphere.
title Global minimality of the Hopf map in the Faddeev-Skyrme model with large coupling constant
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
26D10, 30C70, 49Q20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10686