Energies of ${S}^{2}$-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Volume 25 (2008) no. 1, p. 77-103
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Majumdar, A.; Robbins, J. M.; Zyskin, M. Energies of ${S}^{2}$-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Volume 25 (2008) no. 1, pp. 77-103. doi : 10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.11.003. http://www.numdam.org/item/AIHPC_2008__25_1_77_0/

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