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This paper studies the stability of P-harmonic maps and exponentially harmonic maps from Finsler manifolds to Riemannian manifolds by an extrinsic average variational method in the calculus of variations. It generalizes Li’s results in [2] and [3].
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Supported partially by the NNSF of China (10871171).
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Zhu, W. Some results on P-harmonic maps and exponentially harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds. Appl. Math. J. Chin. Univ. 25, 236–242 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11766-010-2117-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11766-010-2117-0