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Harmonic Maps Surfaces and Relativistic Strings

  • Received: 26 March 2015 Accepted: 06 April 2016 Published: 14 April 2016
  • The harmonic map is introduced and several physical applications are presented. The classical nonlinear σ model can be looked at as the embedding of a two-dimensional surface in a threedimensional sphere, which is itself embedded in a four-dimensional space. A system of nonlinear evolution equations are obtained by working out the zero curvature condition for the Gauss equations relevant to this geometric formulation.

    Citation: Paul Bracken. Harmonic Maps Surfaces and Relativistic Strings[J]. AIMS Mathematics, 2016, 1(1): 1-8. doi: 10.3934/Math.2016.1.1

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  • The harmonic map is introduced and several physical applications are presented. The classical nonlinear σ model can be looked at as the embedding of a two-dimensional surface in a threedimensional sphere, which is itself embedded in a four-dimensional space. A system of nonlinear evolution equations are obtained by working out the zero curvature condition for the Gauss equations relevant to this geometric formulation.


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