Solution

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Harmonic maps give nonconstant stationary wave maps. For , inverse stereographic projection gives
It satisfies and , so is a smooth global wave map. Its wave map energy is , since . Translations and rescalings give further examples; these harmonic maps approach a constant at infinity.

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