Singularities of harmonic maps

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-34

  Hardt, Robert M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031540281     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0273-0979-97-00692-7     Document Type: Article

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