Higher-rank harmonic map existence conjecture for framed surface-group representations

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Let XT±(S,M)X \in \mathcal{T}^{\pm}(\mathbb{S}, \mathbb{M}) and let X^\hat{X} be as before. Write Xn=PSLn(C)/PSU(n)X_n={\mathrm{PSL}_n(\mathbb{C})}/{\text{PSU}(n)} for the symmetric space and let F(Cn)\mathcal{F}(\mathbb{C}^n) denote the space of complete flags in Cn\mathbb{C}^n. A framed representation ρ^=(ρ,β):(π1(X^),F)(PSLn(C),F(Cn))\hat{\rho}=(\rho,\beta): (\pi_1(\hat{X}),F_\infty)\to({\mathrm{PSL}_n(\mathbb{C})},\mathcal{F}(\mathbb{C}^n)) is non-degenerate and type-preserving as in the source. Higher-rank harmonic map conjecture. Given such a non-degenerate type-preserving framed representation, there exists a ρ\rho-equivariant harmonic map

h:H2Xnh:\mathbb{H}^2\to X_n

that is asymptotic to β\beta. Moreover, the map is unique if the principal parts of the Hopf differential at the punctures are prescribed. This is proposed as an analogue of the paper's existence and uniqueness theorem for framed PSL2(C){\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{C})}-representations, replacing H3\mathbb{H}^3 by the symmetric space XnX_n. Its status is not established in the supplied text.

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Subhojoy Gupta and Gobinda Sau, “Harmonic maps and framed PSL_2(C)-representations”, arXiv:2508.10335 (2025).

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