CR-harmonic maps
arXiv:1811.02989 · doi:10.1017/nmj.2019.40
Abstract
We develop the notion of renormalized energy in CR geometry, for maps from a strictly pseudoconvex pseudohermitian manifold to a Riemannian manifold. This energy is a CR invariant functional, whose critical points, which we call CR-harmonic maps, satisfy a CR covariant subelliptic partial differential equation. The corresponding operator coincides on functions with the CR Paneitz operator.