## Illinois Journal of Mathematics

### On the classification of rational sphere maps

John P. D’Angelo

#### Abstract

We prove a new classification result for (CR) rational maps from the unit sphere in some $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ to the unit sphere in $\mathbb{C}^{N}$. To do so, we work at the level of Hermitian forms, and we introduce ancestors and descendants.

#### Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 60, Number 3-4 (2016), 869-890.

Dates
Revised: 17 May 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 22 September 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1506067297

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1506067297

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3707643

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1381.32008

#### Citation

D’Angelo, John P. On the classification of rational sphere maps. Illinois J. Math. 60 (2016), no. 3-4, 869--890. doi:10.1215/ijm/1506067297. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1506067297

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