Geometry Of Biharmonic Mappings: Differential Geometry Of Variational Methods

The author describes harmonic maps which are critical points of the energy functional, and biharmonic maps which are critical points of the bienergy functional. Also given are fundamental materials of the variational methods in differential geometry, and

Autorul descrie harti armonice care sunt puncte critice ale functionalitatii energetice si harti biharmonice care sunt puncte critice ale functionalitatii bienergiei. De asemenea, sunt date materialele fundamentale ale metodelor variationale in geometria diferentiala si