Existence of nontrival $n$-harmonic maps via min-max methods

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Main Authors: Martino, Dorian, Mazowiecka, Katarzyna, Schikorra, Armin
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Published: 2026
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author Martino, Dorian
Mazowiecka, Katarzyna
Schikorra, Armin
author_facet Martino, Dorian
Mazowiecka, Katarzyna
Schikorra, Armin
contents For any $n \geq 3$ and any closed manifold $\mathcal{N}$ with $π_{n+k}(\mathcal{N}) \neq \{0\}$ for some $k \geq 0$, we establish the existence of nontrivial $n$-harmonic maps from $\mathbb{S}^n$ into $\mathcal{N}$. When $k\geq 1$, these maps naturally appear as bubbling limits of $p$-harmonic maps with $p > n$, obtained by min-max constructions in the limit $p \to n^+$.
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spellingShingle Existence of nontrival $n$-harmonic maps via min-max methods
Martino, Dorian
Mazowiecka, Katarzyna
Schikorra, Armin
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
For any $n \geq 3$ and any closed manifold $\mathcal{N}$ with $π_{n+k}(\mathcal{N}) \neq \{0\}$ for some $k \geq 0$, we establish the existence of nontrivial $n$-harmonic maps from $\mathbb{S}^n$ into $\mathcal{N}$. When $k\geq 1$, these maps naturally appear as bubbling limits of $p$-harmonic maps with $p > n$, obtained by min-max constructions in the limit $p \to n^+$.
title Existence of nontrival $n$-harmonic maps via min-max methods
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05700