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In n-dimensional geometry, a fundamental notion is the \u201cduality\u201d between chains and cochains, or domains of integration and the integrands. In this paper, we extend ideas given in our earlier articles and connect seemingly unrelated areas of F-harmonic maps, f-harmonic maps, and cohomology classes via duality. By studying cohomology classes that are related with p-harmonic morphisms, F-harmonic maps, and f-harmonic maps, we extend several of our previous results on Riemannian submersions and p-harmonic morphisms to F-harmonic maps and f-harmonic maps, which are Riemannian submersions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/axioms14030162","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,24]],"date-time":"2025-02-24T06:47:17Z","timestamp":1740379637000},"page":"162","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Duality and Some Links Between Riemannian Submersion, F-Harmonicity, and Cohomology"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1270-094X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bang-Yen","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2863-5468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shihshu (Walter)","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"254","DOI":"10.1103\/PhysRev.104.254","article-title":"Question of parity conservation in weak interactions","volume":"104","author":"Lee","year":"1956","journal-title":"Phys. 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