Title of article :
Stability of Sacks-Uhlenbeck Biharmonic Maps
Author/Authors :
Torbaghan ، Mehdi Kazemi Department of Mathematics - Faculty of basic Sciences - University of Bojnord , Mirmohammad Rezaii ، Morteza Department of Pure Mathematics - Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Abstract :
In this paper, the first and second variation formulas of the Sacks-Uhlenbeck bienergy functional is obtained. As an application, instability and non-existence theorems for Sacks-Uhlenbeck biharmonic maps are given.
Keywords :
Harmonic maps , Biharmonic maps , Stability , Calculus of variations , Sacks , Uhlenbeck biharmonic maps
Journal title :
Caspian Journal of Mathematical Sciences (CJMS)
Journal title :
Caspian Journal of Mathematical Sciences (CJMS)