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Bernstein theorems for length and area decreasing minimal maps

Authored by

Andreas Savas-Halilaj, Knut Smoczyk

Abstract

In this article we prove Liouville and Bernstein theorems in higher codimension for length and area decreasing maps between two Riemannian manifolds. The proofs are based on a strong elliptic maximum principle for sections in vector bundles, which we also present in this article.

Details

Organisation(s)
Institute of Differential Geometry
Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics
Type
Article
Journal
Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Volume
50
Pages
549-577
No. of pages
29
ISSN
0944-2669
Publication date
06.2014
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Analysis, Applied Mathematics
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-013-0646-0 (Access: Closed )