Asymptotics for the minimization of a Ginzburg-Landau energy in n dimensions
We prove that minimizers of the functional , ⊂ , n ≥ 3, which satisfy the Dirichlet boundary condition on for g: → with zero topological degree, converge in and for any α<1 - upon passing to a subsequence - to some minimizing n-harmonic map. This is a generalization of an earlier result obtained for n=2 by Bethuel, Brezis, and Hélein. An example of nonunique asymptotic behaviour (which cannot occur in two dimensions if deg g = 0) is presented.