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We prove a conformally invariant estimate for the index of Schrödinger operators acting on vector bundles over four-manifolds, related to the classical Cwikel-Lieb-Rozenblum estimate. Applied to Yang-Mills connections we obtain a bound for the index in terms of its energy which is conformally invariant, and captures th…

Removes singularities for Yang-Mills-Higgs fields in higher dimensions.

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors, as it was combined with "Conformally invariant energies of knots I" (math/0409396) to be "Conformally invariant energies of knots" which has replaced the former.

The Willmore energy of a closed surface in R^n is the integral of its squared mean curvature, and is invariant uner Möbius transformations of R^n. We show that any torus in R^3 with energy at most $8 π-delta$ has a representative under the Möbius action, for which the induced metric and a conformal metric of constant (…

Researchers establish bounds and continuity of decomposed Möbius energies using cosine formula.

New invariant for 4D hypersurfaces ensures smooth critical points.

Paper studies critical points of curvature energies in 4D.

Study of critical points for 4D conformally invariant curvature energies.

Study index bounds for harmonic maps sequences with bubbles.

We show that the energy density of critical points of a class of conformally invariant variational problems with small energy on the unit 2-disk B_1 lies in the local Hardy space h^1(B_1). As a corollary we obtain a new proof of the energy convexity and uniqueness result for weakly harmonic maps with small energy on B_…

The goal of the present paper is to investigate the algebraic structure of global conformal invariants of submanifolds. These are defined to be conformally invariant integrals of geometric scalars of the tangent and normal bundle. A famous example of a global conformal invariant is the Willmore energy of a surface. In …

The Willmore energy, alias bending energy or rigid string action, and its variation-the Willmore invariant-are important surface conformal invariants with applications ranging from cell membranes to the entanglement entropy in quantum gravity. In work of Andersson, Chrusciel, and Friedrich, the same invariant arises as…

Study on Yang-Mills equations on conformally compact manifolds, finding obstructions and asymptotics.

Investigates a new four-dimensional energy related to Willmore energy.

Proves energy quantization for surfaces with bounded index.

A theorem connects two Willmore energies in 4D.

The invariant theory for conformal hypersurfaces is studied by treating these as the conformal infinity of a conformally compact manifold: For a given conformal hypersurface embedding, a distinguished ambient metric is found (within its conformal class) by solving a singular version of the Yamabe problem. Using existen…

Polyconvex energies with conformal invariance have smooth stationary points outside a discrete set.

Study of 0-instantons on hyperbolic manifolds, proving invariants and energy formulas.

Quantizes Willmore energy in Riemannian manifolds with bounded energy and area.

Defines a new conformally invariant Yang-Mills type energy for 6-manifolds.

Defines a new energy for submanifolds, comparing to Willmore energy.

Quantifies uniqueness of conformal-harmonic maps on 4-manifolds.

Proves energy expression on Poincaré-Einstein spaces.

Paper proves geodesics and focal points unchanged by conformal changes in pseudo-Finsler manifolds.

In this paper we study the energy function associated to fourth order equations of critical growth on smooth compact conformally flat manifolds of dimension greater or equal than 5.

Study of Dirac equation with non-local nonlinearity on spheres.

We study a 1-form which can be given by a vector in a conformally invariant way. We then study conformally invariant functionals associated to a ``Y-diagram'' on the space of knots which are made from the 1-form.

We derive necessary conditions for the spinorial Witten-Nester energy to be well-defined for asymptotically locally AdS spacetimes. We find that the conformal boundary should admit a spinor satisfying certain differential conditions and in odd dimensions the boundary metric should be conformally Einstein. We show that …

New geometric interpretation of discrete Willmore energy using rolling spheres connection.

Renormalized volume invariant for knots in 3-sphere computed.

We study a class of weakly conformal $3$-harmonic maps, called associative Smith maps, from $3$-manifolds into $7$-manifolds that parametrize associative $3$-folds in Riemannian $7$-manifolds equipped with $\mathrm{G}_2$-structures. Associative Smith maps are solutions of a conformally invariant nonlinear first order P…

In this paper, we firstly extend Theorem 5.1.1 in \cite {Helein} due to Hélein to a rescaled branched conformal immersed sequence(c.f. Theorem 1.5). By virtue of this local convergence theorem, we study the blowup behavior of a sequence of branched conformal immersions of closed Riemannian surface in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ w…

On a Riemannian surface, the energy of a map into a Riemannian manifold is a conformal invariant functional, and its critical points are the harmonic maps. Our main result is a generalization of this theorem when the starting manifold is even dimensional. We then build a conformal invariant functional for the maps betw…

Upper bounds for volume spectrum depend on volume, dimension, and a conformal invariant.

In this paper, we develop the blow-up analysis and establish the energy quantization for solutions to super-Liouville type equations on Riemann surfaces with conical singularities at the boundary. In other problems in geometric analysis, the blow-up analysis usually strongly utilizes conformal invariance, which yields …

A new functional for simplicial surfaces is suggested. It is invariant with respect to Moebius transformations and is a discrete analogue of the Willmore functional. Minima of this functional are investigated. as an application a bending energy for discrete thin-shells is derived.

This is a survey article on two topics. The Energy E of knots can be obtained by generalizing an electrostatic energy of charged knots in order to produce optimal knots. It turns out to be invariant under Moebius transformations. We show that it can be expressed in terms of the infinitesimal cross ratio, which is a con…

This is the first of two papers where we address and partially confirm a conjecture of Deser and Schwimmer, originally postulated in high energy physics. The objects of study are scalar Riemannian quantities constructed out of the curvature and its covariant derivatives, whose integrals over compact manifolds are invar…

Conformally invariant functionals on the space of knots are introduced via extrinsic conformal geometry of the knot and integral geometry on the space of spheres. Our functionals are expressed in terms of a complex-valued 2-form which can be considered as the cross-ratio of a pair of infinitesimal segments of the knot.…

In this note we study the problem of conformally flat structures bounding conformally flat structures and show that the eta invariants give obstructions. These lead us to the definition of an abelian group, the conformal cobordism group, which classifies the conformally flat structures according to whether they bound (…

This paper carries out a renormalization of the volume of the Loewner-Nirenberg singular Yamabe metric in a given conformal class on a compact manifold-with-boundary. This generalizes the usual volume renormalization for Poincare-Einstein metrics. The coefficient of the log term in the volume expansion defines a confor…

Singular Yamabe problems involve changing sign solutions with interesting geometric properties.

New invariant for hyperbolic surfaces, geometric criterion for domains.

Study on smoothness of 4D Willmore-type hypersurfaces.

Study CR-geometry analog of conformal volume for spheres' submanifolds.

We prove a bubble-neck decomposition together with an energy quantization result for sequences of Willmore surfaces into an arbitrary euclidian space with uniformly bounded energy and non-degenerating conformal type. We deduce the strong compactness of Willmore closed surfaces of a given genus modulo the Möbius group a…

Consider an asymptotically flat Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $n \geq 3$ with nonempty compact boundary. We recall the harmonic conformal class $[g]_h$ of the metric, which consists of all conformal rescalings given by a harmonic function raised to an appropriate power. The geometric significance is that eve…