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Abstract Let a closed âdimensional manifold, be a closed manifold, and let for . We extend the monumental work of Sacks and Uhlenbeck by proving that if , then there exists a minimizing âharmonic map homotopic to . If , then we prove that there exists a âharmonic map from to in a generating set of . Since several techniques, especially Pohozaevâtype arguments, are unknown in the fractional framework (in particular, when , one cannot argue via an extension method), we develop crucial new tools that are interesting on their own: such as a removability result for point singularities and a balanced energy estimate for nonscaling invariant energies. Moreover, we prove the regularity theory for minimizing âmaps into manifolds.
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Abstract This paper addresses the approximation of fractional harmonic maps. Besides a unit-length constraint, one has to tackle the difficulty of nonlocality. We establish weak compactness results for critical points of the fractional Dirichlet energy on unit-length vector fields. We devise and analyze numerical methods for the approximation of various partial differential equations related to fractional harmonic maps. The compactness results imply the convergence of numerical approximations. Numerical examples on spin chain dynamics and point defects are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.more » « less