A regularity theorem for harmonic mappings.
We prove a formula relating the index of a solution and the rotation number of a certain complex vector along bifurcation diagrams.
It is known that the vector stop operator with a convex closed characteristic of class is locally Lipschitz continuous in the space of absolutely continuous functions if the unit outward normal mapping is Lipschitz continuous on the boundary of . We prove that in the regular case, this condition is also necessary.
In the present paper we give some properties of -biharmonic hypersurfaces in real space forms. By using the -biharmonic equation for a hypersurface of a Riemannian manifold, we characterize the -biharmonicity of constant mean curvature and totally umbilical hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold and, in particular, in a real space form. As an example, we consider -biharmonic vertical cylinders in .