Perturbations of the Harmonic Map Equation
Perturbations of the Harmonic Map Equation
We consider perturbations of the harmonic map equation in the case where the target manifold is a closed Riemannian manifold of nonpositive sectional curvature. For any semilinear and, under some extra conditions, quasilinear perturbation, the space of classical solutions within a homotopy class is proved to be compact. An important …