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Harmonic maps
Let $(M^n,g), (N,h)$ be closed Riemannian manifolds. A map $u \in C^2(M,N)$ is said to be harmonic if $u$ is a critical point for the Dirichlet energy functional $E(u)$; equivalently, $\mathrm{d}^* (\mathrm{d}u) = 0$ where $\mathrm{d}u \in \Gamma(T^*M \otimes u^* TN)$ is the pushforward and $\mathrm{d}^* : \Gamma(T^*M \otimes u^*TN) \to \Gamma(u^*TN)$ is the adjoint to the exterior derivative with respect to the $L^2$ metric on sections induced by $g$ and $u^*h$.
Examples
Closed geodesics
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