arXiv research

Sharp bounds on sphere curves' enclosed areas.

The classical isoperimetric inequality in R^3 states that the surface of smallest area enclosing a given volume is a sphere. We show that the least area surface enclosing two equal volumes is a double bubble, a surface made of two pieces of round spheres separated by a flat disk, meeting along a single circle at an ang…

Paper offers a method for finding the smallest sphere enclosing a set in d-dimensional space.

The generalized soap bubble problem seeks the least perimeter way to enclose and separate n given volumes in R^m. We study the possible configurations for perimeter minimizing bubble complexes enclosing more than two regions. We prove that perimeter minimizing planar bubble complexes with equal pressure regions and wit…

In this paper we study the curvature flow of a curve in a plane endowed with a minkowskian norm whose unit ball is smooth. We show that many of the properties known in the euclidean case can be extended (with due adaptations) to this new situation. In particular, we show that simple, closed, strictly convex, smooth cur…

Optimal enclosures of four equal-area regions are connected.

We analyze a gradient flow of closed planar curves minimizing the anisoperimetric ratio. For such a flow the normal velocity is a function of the anisotropic curvature and it also depends on the total interfacial energy and enclosed area of the curve. In contrast to the gradient flow for the isoperimetric ratio, we sho…

We prove that the standard double bubble provides the least-area way to enclose and separate two regions of prescribed volume in \Bbb R^3.

We present a conjecture, based on computational results, on the area minimizing way to enclose and separate two arbitrary volumes in the flat cubic 3-torus. For comparable small volumes, we prove that an area minimizing double bubble in the 3-torus is the standard double bubble from R^3.

We give a sharp lower bound on the area of a domain that can be enclosed by a closed embedded $λ$-convex curve of a given length on the Lobachevsky plane.

The study confirms two cases of the convex body isoperimetric conjecture in the plane.

A new curve flow preserves area and converges to a circle.

We relate the total curvature and the isoperimetric deficit of a curve $γ$ in a two-dimensional space of constant curvature with the area enclosed by the evolute of $γ$. We provide also a Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a special class of evolutes.

Curves inscribe rectangles with positive area.

Curves become nearly circular over time without initial assumptions.

We provide a new proof of the following inequality: the maximum curvature $k_\mathrm{max}$ and the enclosed area $A$ of a smooth Jordan curve satisfy $k_\mathrm{max}\ge \sqrt{π/A}$. The feature of our proof is the use of the curve shortening flow.

The flow of curves in Minkowski plane converges to a specific shape.

We define and study a Möbius invariant energy associated to planar domains, as well its generalization to space curves. This generalization is a Möbius version of Banchoff-Pohl's notion of area enclosed by a space curve. A relation with Gauss-Bonnet theorems for complete surfaces in hyperbolic space is also described.

Improved bounds for isoperimetric deficit of convex sets.

Gradient flow method solves isoperimetric inequality for maps.

Proves inequalities for convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean space.

Flow preserves area, proving a general isoperimetric inequality.

Since the pioneering work of Canham and Helfrich, variational formulations involving curvature-dependent functionals, like the classical Willmore functional, have proven useful for shape analysis of biomembranes. We address minimizers of the Canham-Helfrich functional defined over closed surfaces enclosing a fixed volu…

In this paper we study the functional $\SW_{λ_1,λ_2}$, which is the the sum of the Willmore energy, $λ_1$-weighted surface area, and $λ_2$-weighted volume, for surfaces immersed in $\R^3$. This coincides with the Helfrich functional with zero `spontaneous curvature'. Our main result is a complete classification of all …

We consider two types of $p$-centro affine flows on smooth, centrally symmetric, closed convex planar curves, $p$-contracting, respectively, $p$-expanding. Here $p$ is an arbitrary real number greater than 1. We show that, under any $p$-contracting flow, the evolving curves shrink to a point in finite time and the only…

We address the geometric Cauchy problem for surfaces associated to the membrane shape equation describing equilibrium configurations of vesicles formed by lipid bilayers. This is the Euler-Lagrange equation of the Canham-Helfrich-Evans elastic curvature energy subject to constraints on the enclosed volume and the surfa…

In this paper, we deals with isoperimetric-type inequalities for closed convex curves in the Euclidean plane R^2. We derive a family of parametric inequalities involving the following geometric functionals associated to a given convex curve with a simple Fourier series proof: length, area of the region included by the …

Formula calculates volume of CMC surfaces with translational periods, disproving isoperimetric conjecture.

The article explores derivatives of shapes other than circles and spheres.

We determine the equilibria of a rigid loop in the plane, subject to the constraints of fixed length and fixed enclosed area. Rigidity is characterized by an energy functional quadratic in the curvature of the loop. We find that the area constraint gives rise to equilibria with remarkable geometrical properties: not on…

Mathematical framework for minimum enclosing ball problem.

For a smooth curve $γ$, we define its elastic energy as $E(γ)= \frac 12 \int_γ k^2 (s) ds$ where $k(s)$ is the curvature. The main purpose of the paper is to prove that among all smooth, simply connected, bounded open sets of prescribed area in $\mathbb{R}^2$, the disc has the boundary with the least elastic energy. In…

Two flows for convex curves converge to circles smoothly.

In this article, we introduce a new type of mean curvature flow for bounded star-shaped domains in space forms and prove its longtime existence, exponential convergence without any curvature assumption. Along this flow, the enclosed volume is a constant and the surface area evolves monotonically. Moreover, for a bounde…

The paper bounds the index of CMC surfaces with capillary boundary.

Floer homology applied to inscribing rectangles into curves.

Study preserves volume in warped spaces, solves isoperimetric problem.

The isoperimetric ratio of an embedded surface in $R^3$ is defined as the ratio of the area of the surface to power three to the squared enclosed volume. The aim of the present work is to study the minimization of the Willmore energy under fixed isoperimetric ratio when the underlying abstract surface has fixed genus $…

The Hawking energy is nonnegative and rigid on area-constrained surfaces in general relativity.

We consider a Canham-Helfrich-type variational problem defined over closed surfaces enclosing a fixed volume and having fixed surface area. The problem models the shape of multiphase biomembranes. It consists of minimizing the sum of the Canham-Helfrich energy, in which the bending rigidities and spontaneous curvatures…

In the first part of the paper we survey some nonlocal flows of convex plane curves ever studied so far and discuss properties of the flows related to enclosed area and length, especially the isoperimetric ratio and the isoperimetric difference. We also study a new nonlocal flow of convex plane curves and discuss its e…

Mathematical model describes how red blood cells return to equilibrium.

Constrained Willmore surfaces are conformal immersions of Riemann surfaces that are critical points of the Willmore energy $W=\int H^2$ under compactly supported infinitesimal conformal variations. Examples include all constant mean curvature surfaces in space forms. In this paper we investigate more generally the crit…

We use variational arguments to introduce a notion of mean curvature for surfaces in the Heisenberg group H^1 endowed with its Carnot-Carathéodory distance. By analyzing the first variation of area, we characterize C^2 stationary surfaces for the area as those with mean curvature zero (or constant if a volume-preservin…

The study proves a unique perimeter minimizer for area in simply connected space forms and proves the isoperimetric inequality.

In this article, by following the method in \cite{PT}, combining Willmore energy with isoperimetric inequalities, we construct two examples of singularities under mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{H}^3$. More precisely, there exists a torus, which must develop a singularity under MCF before the volume it encloses decreas…

In this article we study the shape of a compact surface of constant mean curvature of Euclidean space whose boundary is contained in a round sphere. We consider the case that the boundary is prescribed or that the surface meets the sphere with a constant angle. We study under what geometric conditions the surface must …

Formula derived for enclosed volume of CMC surfaces in 3-sphere.