Asymptotic equivariant coercivity conjecture for harmonic map lumps

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For the nn-lump sector of the CP1{\mathbb{C}}{{P}}^1 model on S2S^2, let τeq(μ)\tau^{eq}(\mu) be the equivariant coercivity constant for the map ϕ:z↦μzn\phi:z\mapsto \mu z^n, with μ∈[1,∞)\mu\in[1,\infty). Asymptotic equivariant coercivity conjecture. For all n≥1n\geq 1, the limit

lim⁡μ→∞τeq(μ)\lim_{\mu\rightarrow\infty}\tau^{eq}(\mu)

exists and is finite. For all n>1n>1, this limit is not zero. The paper proves continuity of τeq(μ)\tau^{eq}(\mu) but states that it cannot yet rigorously establish the existence or value of the limit; the asserted nonzero limit for n>1n>1 therefore remains open.

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M. Haskins and J. M. Speight, “The geodesic approximation for lump dynamics and coercivity of the Hessian for harmonic maps”, arXiv:hep-th/0301148 (2003).

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