Workshop
The harmonic map flow revisited
- Peter Topping (University of Warwick)
Abstract
The harmonic map flow is a gradient flow of the harmonic map energy, introduced by Eells and Sampson in 1964. I will describe an alternative gradient flow that tries to find minimal immersions rather than harmonic maps, and give an overview of the theory so far, including forthcoming work.
Joint work with Melanie Rupflin.
