Abstract:
We deduce two necessary and sufficient conditions for a diffeomorphism $f\ :M\to\overline M$ of a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ onto a Riemannian manifold $(\overline M,\bar g)$ to be harmonic. Using the representation theory of groups, we define in an intrinsic way seven classes of such harmonic diffeomorphisms and partly describe the geometry of each class.