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Harmonic Self-maps of $\mbox{SU}(3)$

@article{Siffert2015HarmonicSO,
  title={Harmonic Self-maps of \$\mbox\{SU\}(3)\$},
  author={Anna Siffert},
  journal={arXiv: Classical Analysis and ODEs},
  year={2015}
}
  • Anna Siffert
  • Published 22 December 2015
  • Mathematics
  • arXiv: Classical Analysis and ODEs
By constructing solutions of a singular boundary value problem we prove the existence of a countably infinite family of harmonic self-maps of $\mbox{SU}(3)$ with non-trivial, i.e. $\neq 0,\pm 1$, Brouwer degree. 
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