Selected topics in harmonic maps : [expository lectures from the CBMS regional conference held at Tulane University December 15-19, 1980]

The first part of the book is devoted to an account of various aspects of the theory of harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds. The second part proposes certain unsolved problems, together with comments and references, which are of widely varying difficulty. This book presents the first printed exposition of the qualitative aspects of harmonic maps.