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We consider continuous weak solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equation associated with the Euclideand-dimensionalO(N) nonlinear σ-model. We show for arbitraryN and arbitraryd that such solutions with locally square integrable gradient are real analytic.
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Borchers, H.J., Garber, W.D. Analyticity of solutions of theO(N) nonlinear σ-model. Commun.Math. Phys. 71, 299–309 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197297
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197297