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Harmonic maps into symmetric spaces and integrable systems

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Harmonic Maps and Integrable Systems

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Let M = (M m, g), N = (N n, h) be C ∞ Riemannian manifolds of dimensions m,n respectively and let ø: M m → N n be a C ∞ mapping between them.

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Wood, J.C. (1994). Harmonic maps into symmetric spaces and integrable systems. In: Fordy, A.P., Wood, J.C. (eds) Harmonic Maps and Integrable Systems. Aspects of Mathematics, vol E 23. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14092-4_3

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