Wave maps equation

In mathematical physics, the wave maps equation is a geometric wave equation that solves

${\displaystyle D^{\alpha }\partial _{\alpha }u=0}$

where ${\displaystyle D}$ is a connection.

It can be considered a natural extension of the wave equation for Riemannian manifolds.

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