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By using concrete isoparametric maps we obtain some new equivariant harmonic maps between spheres and solve equivariant boundary value problems for harmonic maps from unit open ballB m+1 intoS n.
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Xin, Y.L. Equivariant harmonic maps into the sphere via isoparametric maps. Manuscripta Math 79, 49–71 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02568328
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