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Stationary biharmonic maps from \(\mathbb{R}^{m}\) into a Riemannian manifold. (English) Zbl 1055.58008

This paper continues the studies of [C. Wang, Math.Z.247, 65–87 (2004; Zbl 1064.58016)] about biharmonic maps into a Riemannian manifold. Now dimensions \(m\geq 5\) of the domain are studied. It is proved that every stationary biharmonic map in \(W^{2,2}\) is smooth outside a closed set of \((m{-}4)\)-dimensional Hausdorff measure zero. This is true for both extrinsic (critical for \(\int | \Delta u| ^2\)) and intrinsic (critical for \(\int | \tau(u)| ^2\), \(\tau(u)\) the tension field) biharmonic maps.
The proof uses a special frame in Coulomb gauge, based on a recent generalization of Uhlenbeck’s gauge theorem to Morrey spaces by Y. Meyer and T. Rivière [Rev. Mat. Iberoam. 19, No. 1, 195–219 (2003; Zbl 1127.35317)] and T. Tao and G. Tian [J. Am. Math. Soc. 17, No. 3, 557–593 (2004; Zbl 1086.53043)]. Another crucial ingredient is the monotonicity formula for biharmonic maps from [S.-Y. A. Chang, L. Wang and P. C. Yang, Commun.Pure Appl.Math.52, 1113–1137 (1999; Zbl 0953.58013)]. The proof is interesting for its consequent use of Morrey spaces.

MSC:

58E20 Harmonic maps, etc.
35J35 Variational methods for higher-order elliptic equations
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