• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.715-730
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• 2015

In this note, we extend the definition of harmonic and biharmonic maps via the variation of energy and bienergy between two Riemannian manifolds. In particular we present some new properties for the generalized stress energy tensor and the divergence of the generalized stress bienergy.