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Bourgain, J., Brezis, H. & Mironescu, P. H1/2 maps with values into the circle: Minimal Connections, Lifting, and the Ginzburg–Landau equation. Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 99, 1–115 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10240-004-0019-5
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