Paper proves convergence for Willmore immersions with minimal bubbles.
problem Proving convergence of Willmore immersions with minimal bubbles.
method Replaces total curvature control with local Willmore energy control.
result Proves convergence result for sequences of Willmore immersions.
Flow preserves isoperimetric ratio for immersed surfaces.
problem Preserving isoperimetric ratio in Willmore flow.
method Non-local L2-gradient flow for Willmore energy. result Long-time existence and convergence for spherical initial data.
We study a class of fourth-order geometric problems modelling Willmore surfaces, conformally constrained Willmore surfaces, isoperimetrically constrained Willmore surfaces, bi-harmonic surfaces in the sense of Chen, among others. We prove several local energy estimates and derive a global gap lemma.
Study proposes a nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional using fractional Allen-Cahn energies.
problem Approximating the Willmore functional using nonlocal methods.
method Gamma-convergence and fractional Laplacian analysis in Fermi coordinates.
result Proves Γ-limsup estimate for the proposed nonlocal approximation. Study examines surfaces with bounded fractional mean curvature, proving control over local parametrization.
problem Understanding surfaces with bounded fractional mean curvature.
method Investigates bounded L^p-norm of fractional mean curvature, proving control over local parametrization.
result Proves control over local parametrization, leading to lower Ahlfors-regularity, weak Michael-Simon type inequality, and stability application.
Paper finds relations between Willmore-type energies, weighted areas, and vertical potential energies for cylindrical critical points.
problem Tackles relations between three types of energy functions for cylindrical critical points.
method Uses differential equations and critical point analysis for Willmore-type energies and weighted areas.
result Generating curves coincide for Willmore-type energies and weighted areas, and similar results hold for Willmore-type energies and vertical potential energies.
The paper disproves compactness for high-energy Willmore immersions and finds minimal bubbles on Willmore surfaces.
problem Compactness for high-energy Willmore immersions of Willmore energy above 16π. method Explicit construction of minimal bubbles and analysis of limit sequences of Willmore immersions.
result Compactness for immersed Willmore tori of energy below 12π is proven. Quantizes Willmore energy in Riemannian manifolds with bounded energy and area.
problem Quantization of Willmore energy in bounded energy and area conditions.
method Uniform boundedness of Willmore energy and area, weak convergence of maps, and conformal structures in compact domain.
result Quantization of Willmore energy holds under specified conditions.
The Willmore energy for Frenet curves in quaternionic projective space is the generalization of the Willmore functional for immersions into the 4-sphere. Critical points of the Willmore energy are called Willmore curves in quaternionic projective space. Using a Baecklund transformation on Willmore curves, we generalize…
Researchers identify only two types of tori with specific energy constraints.
problem Finding constrained Willmore tori in 3-space with specific energy limits.
method Analyzing isothermic constrained Willmore tori in the 3-sphere.
result Homogeneous and 2-lobe Delaunay tori are the only isothermic constrained Willmore tori with Willmore energy below 8π.
The paper shows deformations between minimal surfaces in Sn+2 and Hn+2.
problem Deformation of minimal surfaces between Sn+2 and Hn+2. method Willmore deformation approach.
result Existence of smooth families of Willmore surfaces connecting minimal surfaces in Sn+2 and Hn+2. Willmore flow preserves low energy surfaces to planes.
problem Preserving low energy surfaces to planes under Willmore flow.
method Willmore flow equation for complete, properly immersed surfaces in Rn.
result Complete Willmore surfaces with low energy converge to planes.
Reduces energy for 4D submanifolds in R^n.
problem Energy reduction for 4D submanifolds in R^n.
method Connected sum energy reduction for fourth-order Willmore energy.
result Established a connected sum energy reduction for the fourth-order Willmore energy.
The article explores Helfrich flow with spontaneous curvature, finding singularities and convergence behaviors.
problem Understanding the long-time behavior of Helfrich flow with spontaneous curvature.
method Analyzing the gradient flow of a locally area- and volume-constrained Willmore flow, and applying it to the Helfrich flow.
result For negative spontaneous curvature, the Helfrich flow exhibits finite-time singularities; for positive spontaneous curvature, it converges globally.
Discrete geometry model approximates Willmore energy.
problem Approximating the Willmore energy for triangulated surfaces.
method A discrete energy defined in the spirit of discrete differential geometry converges to the Willmore energy.
result The discrete energy converges to the Willmore energy in the sense of Γ-convergence. Sharp criteria for 2-varifolds to be induced by smooth immersions.
problem Regularity of integral 2-varifolds with square integrable mean curvature.
method Fine analysis of Hausdorff density and recent local regularity results.
result Optimal threshold for Willmore energy leading to curvature varifolds.
Lower bounds on geodesic lengths for spheres with Willmore energy.
problem Finding shortest closed geodesics on spheres with Willmore energy.
method Proving a lower bound on geodesic lengths for spheres with Willmore energy below 6π.
result The energy threshold of 6π is optimal and the inequality cannot be extended to higher genus surfaces.
Study of Willmore energy on sphere sublevel sets and flow singularities.
problem Understanding the Willmore energy landscape and singularities of the Willmore flow.
method Gluing different instances of the Willmore flow and using an invariant for triple-point-free spheres.
result Classification of initial surfaces with energy at most 12π leading to unavoidable singularities.
Investigates a new four-dimensional energy related to Willmore energy.
problem Exploring a new conformally invariant energy in four dimensions.
method Computed first variation, applied Noether's theorem, investigated other generalizations.
result Critical points of the new energy are smooth and do not include minimal hypersurfaces.
Energy quantization for surfaces with area, volume, and mean curvature constraints.
problem Energy quantization for constrained Willmore surfaces.
method Established through strong compactness under energy thresholds.
result Strong compactness of constrained Willmore surfaces, including minimizers.
Study of tori of revolution under Willmore flow converges to Clifford Torus.
problem Long-time behavior and convergence of Willmore flow for tori of revolution.
method Gradient flow of Willmore energy for tori of revolution, analyzing energy threshold and convergence to Clifford Torus.
result Convergence of Willmore flow to Clifford Torus for initial energy below 8π.
A new parametric method studies Willmore flows and energy quantization.
problem Understanding Willmore flows and their singularities.
method Parametric approach to Willmore gradient flows.
result For small-energy weak immersions, a unique solution exists.
A neural flow method minimizes Willmore energy for 2-surfaces in 3D space.
problem Minimizing Willmore energy for closed oriented 2-surfaces in 3D space.
method Introducing neural Willmore flow to model and minimize the Willmore energy using neural architectures.
result The neural flow reproduces expected round sphere and Clifford torus for genus 0 and 1 surfaces, respectively, and finds minimal Willmore surfaces for genus 2.
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 Rn w…
The paper proves topological finiteness for surfaces with finite Willmore energy.
problem Understanding the topology of surfaces with finite Willmore energy.
method Combining Allard regularity theorem and Reifenberg's topological disk theorem.
result Topological finiteness for a class of properly immersed surfaces with finite Willmore energy.
New geometric interpretation of discrete Willmore energy using rolling spheres connection.
problem Discrete formulation of Willmore energy for simplicial surfaces.
method Geometric interpretation of Möbius invariant discrete Willmore energy using rolling spheres connection.
result Clear geometric interpretations of discrete Willmore energy with manifest Möbius invariance.
Smooth minimizers found for Willmore energy surfaces.
problem Finding minimizers for Willmore energy surfaces.
method Existence and smoothness established through axially symmetric surfaces with prescribed isoperimetric ratio.
result Existence and smoothness of minimizers proven.
A theorem connects two Willmore energies in 4D.
problem Understanding the Willmore energy in 4D.
method Proving a duality theorem for a specific Willmore energy.
result The Willmore energy is equal to two conformally invariant energies.
We study various aspects related to boundary regularity of complete properly embedded Willmore surfaces in H3, particularly those related to assumptions on boundedness or smallness of a certain weighted version of the Willmore energy. We prove, in particular, that small energy controls C1 boundary regularity. We examin…
Study on smoothness of 4D Willmore-type hypersurfaces.
problem Investigating smoothness of critical points of a 4D Willmore-type energy.
method Computed first variation, applied Noether's theorem, investigated other generalizations.
result Critical points of the energy are smooth.
New foliations found for critical surfaces of Hawking energy, resolving discrepancies.
problem Finding consistent critical surfaces for the Hawking energy in non-totally geodesic spacelike hypersurfaces.
method Constructing a unique local foliation of area constrained critical surfaces of the Hawking energy in the general case of non-totally geodesic spacelike hypersurfaces.
result Discrepancy found in the small sphere limit of the Hawking energy, explained and resolved.
Defines a new energy for submanifolds, comparing to Willmore energy.
problem Finding new conformally invariant energies for submanifolds.
method Coupling tractor connection to GJMS operators for higher-dimensional analogues.
result Shows comparison with existing energy in 4D.
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…
Study p-Willmore disks with boundary energies, finding equilibrium configurations.
problem Finding equilibrium configurations for p-Willmore disks with boundary energies.
method Model boundary as Kirchhoff elastic rod, interior term dependent on mean and Gaussian curvatures. Study among topological disks and p-Willmore examples.
result Equilibrium configurations for p-Willmore disks with boundary energies.
Researchers define and prove existence of minimizers for generalized Willmore functionals.
problem Existence of area constrained minimizers for generalized Willmore functionals.
method Compactness result for branched, immersed, stratified surfaces; direct minimization; introduction of haunted surfaces.
result Existence of area constrained minimizers for generalized Willmore functionals.
Magnitude of Euclidean domains predicts Willmore energy in odd dimensions.
problem Magnitude function of compact domains in odd dimensions.
method Asymptotic expansion of magnitude function at infinity.
result Magnitude function determines Willmore energy of boundary in odd dimensions.
Rigidity for 4D Willmore submanifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding critical points of Willmore energy with boundary conditions.
method Proving a 4-Willmore equation and establishing curvature estimates.
result Four dimensional Willmore submanifolds with totally geodesic boundary are umbilic.
We establish an energy quantization result for sequences of Willmore surfaces when the underlying sequence of Riemann surfaces is degenerating in the moduli space. we notably exhibit a new residue which quantifies the potential loss of energy in collar regions. Thanks to these residues, we also prove compactness of Wil…
New formula connects holographic entanglement entropy to Willmore energy in 5D.
problem Analogous to 3D, find a new formula for 5D entanglement entropy.
method Prove equivalence between holographic entanglement entropy and Willmore energy in 5D.
result The Willmore energy in 5D is not globally minimized by a round ball.
Li-Yau inequality applied to curves in 2D space.
problem Curves in 2D space with low elastic energy.
method Classical Li-Yau inequality applied to curves.
result Analogous results for curves in 2D space with low elastic energy.
In this paper, we show that, under arbitrary bounded Willmore energy assumption, embedded Willmore spheres (or more generally, embedded Willmore spheres under area constraint) with small diameter in a given 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold (M,h) necessarily concentrate at a critical point of the scalar curvature …
Study of immersions with Willmore energy leading to spherical and catenoid bubbles.
problem Classifying immersions with specific energy properties.
method Analyzing sequences of weak immersions with diverging conformal classes, applying Möbius transformations, and strong Wloc2,2-limits. result Obtaining spherical and catenoid bubbles as limits of immersions.
Proves strict inequality for minimizers of Willmore energy under isoperimetric constraints.
problem Minimizing the Willmore energy under isoperimetric constraints.
method Connected sum approach, building on previous work by Keller-Mondino-Rivière.
result Existence of minimizers for the isoperimetric constrained Willmore problem in every genus.
The paper proves a reverse isoperimetric inequality and applies it to analyze surface flows.
problem Analyzing the negative gradient flow of the Willmore energy plus volume.
method Proved a quantitative reverse isoperimetric inequality and applied it to the flow.
result Initial surfaces converge to a round point in finite or infinite time.
Researchers create families of tori minimizing Willmore energy.
problem Finding minimizers of Willmore energy for non-rectangular tori.
method Explicit construction of 1D families of embedded constrained Willmore tori.
result Candidates for minimizers are explicitly constructed and shown to minimize Willmore energy.
We found a new formulation to the Euler-Lagrange equation of the Willmore functional for immersed surfaces in Rm. This new formulation of Willmore equation appears to be of divergence form, moreover, the non-linearities are made of jacobians. Additionally to that, if $\bH$ denotes the mean curvature vector of the…
For every two-dimensional torus T2 and every k∈N, k≥3, we construct a conformal Willmore immersion f:T2→R4 with exactly one point of density k and Willmore energy 4πk. Moreover, we show that the energy value 8π cannot be attained by such an immersion. Additionally, we charact…
Study of umbilic points on Willmore surfaces in 3-sphere.
problem Characterizing umbilic points on Willmore surfaces.
method Analysis of conformal Gauss map and Gauss-Bonnet formula.
result Unified expression for Willmore energy in space-forms.