Energy identity for approximate harmonic maps from surface to general targets

Abstract

Let $u_n$ be a sequence of mappings from a closed Riemannian surface $M$ to a general Riemannian manifold $N$. If $u_n$ satisfies \beno \sup_{n}\big(\|\nabla u_n\|_{L^2(M)}+\|τ(u_n)\|_{L^{p}(M)}\big)\leq Λ\quad \text{for some}\,\,p>1, \eeno where $\tau (u_n)$ is the tension field of $u_n$, then there hold the so called energy identity and neckless property during blowing up. This result is sharp by Parker's example, where the tension fields of the mappings from Riemannian surface are bounded in $L^1(M)$ but the energy identity fails.

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