Study classifies ruled surfaces critical to Dirichlet energy.
problem Identifying ruled surfaces critical to Dirichlet energy.
method Explicit parametrization of ruled surfaces.
result Classification of ruled surfaces as critical points of Dirichlet energy.
Study on infinite energy maps from surfaces to CAT(0) spaces.
problem Harmonic maps with infinite energy from Riemann surfaces to CAT(0) spaces.
method Estimates of energy growth near punctures, proof of uniqueness.
result Precise estimates of energy growth near punctures and proof of uniqueness of harmonic maps.
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.
Gradient flows for surface energies with tensor fields are derived and analyzed.
problem Deriving consistent gradient flows for surface energies involving tensor fields.
method Introducing different gauges of surface independence and demonstrating their effects on energy decrease.
result Consistent choice of gauge and time derivative is necessary for energy decrease.
Triangulates surfaces with bounded energy using diffeomorphisms.
problem Triangulating surfaces with bounded Kolasinski--Menger energy.
method Uses bounded distortion diffeomorphisms of subsets of a plane.
result Triangulation with bounded number of triangles.
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.
Study finds surfaces in spherical caps that maximize modified energy.
problem Geometry of surfaces with free boundaries and capillary conditions.
method Monotonicity formulae and energy maximization analysis.
result Capillary minimal surfaces maximize a modified energy in their conformal orbit.
Study bounds CMC surface index in 3-manifolds using energy.
problem Bounding the index of CMC surfaces in 3-manifolds.
method Energy comparison to prove linear upper bound.
result Linear upper bound on CMC surface index.
The Hawking energy is nonnegative and rigid on area-constrained surfaces in general relativity.
problem The rigidity and positivity of the Hawking energy on specific surfaces in general relativity.
method Evaluation of the Hawking energy on area-constrained critical surfaces under the dominant energy condition.
result The Hawking energy is nonnegative and rigid on area-constrained surfaces, including charged and cosmological constant variants.
Study on surfaces minimizing elastic energy with boundary constraints.
problem Finding stable configurations of surfaces with elastic boundaries and surface energy.
method Investigation of critical surfaces with mean curvature and spontaneous curvature, coupled to boundary elastic energy.
result Characterization and minimization of surface energy for specific topological shapes.
Study on k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds, focusing on energy and entropy.
problem Understanding the growth rate and asymptotic behavior of k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds. method Proved results on the asymptotic behavior of high energy k-surfaces, including upper bounds and rigidity theorems. result Determined a rigid upper bound for the growth rate of quasi-Fuchsian k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds. Constructs foliations of critical surfaces for Hawking energy in asymptotically flat initial data sets.
problem Positivity and rigidity of Hawking quasi-local energy in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
method Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction within a Willmore-foliation framework.
result Existence and uniqueness of foliations by Hawking surfaces, positivity and large-sphere limit of Hawking energy.
Study on energy of maps from K3 surface to flat orbifold.
problem Energy of maps from K3 surface to flat orbifold.
method Investigate Dirichlet energy of smooth maps and introduce an invariant.
result Ratio of energy to invariant converges to 1 for Foscolo's collapsing families.
Equal diagonal energies proven on Liouville surfaces.
problem Diagonal energies on Liouville surfaces.
method Analyzing parameter curves and rectangles on Liouville surfaces.
result Diagonal energies are equal in n-dimensional Liouville manifolds.
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 existence of harmonic and Dirac-harmonic maps from degenerating surfaces.
problem Existence of harmonic and Dirac-harmonic maps from degenerating surfaces.
method Using the Sacks and Uhlenbeck scheme, analyze a sequence of maps from degenerating surfaces to non-positive curved manifolds.
result Existence of limiting harmonic and Dirac-harmonic maps under certain conditions.
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.
The paper studies harmonic graphs in the Heisenberg group and their properties.
problem No analogous theorem exists for H-minimal surfaces in the Heisenberg group. method Introduced intrinsic Dirichlet energy and studied its critical points (contact harmonic graphs).
result Calibration condition and construction of energy-minimizing graphs with various singularities.
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. Proves energy quantization for surfaces with bounded index.
problem Energy quantization for Willmore surfaces with bounded index.
method Translated the question to the conformal Gauss map's perspective and showed convergence in specific regions.
result Conformal Gauss map converges to a light-like geodesic in De Sitter space in neck or collar regions.
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…
In this paper, we investigate a holonomy invariant elliptic anisotropic surface energy for hypersurfaces in a complete Riemannian manifold, where "holonomy invariant" means that the elliptic parametric Lagrangian (i.e., a Finsler metric) of the Riemannian manifold used to define the anisotropic surface energy is consta…
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 shows energy levels on hyperbolic surfaces follow GOE fluctuations.
problem Understanding energy level fluctuations on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analysis of Laplace eigenvalues on hyperbolic surfaces, using GOE random matrix theory.
result Energy variance on typical hyperbolic surfaces closely matches GOE fluctuations.
Study axisymmetric surfaces in Euclidean space for energy minimization.
problem Finding surfaces in Euclidean space that minimize energy.
method Phase plane analysis and maximum principle.
result Helicoidal stationary surfaces must be rotational.
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.
Optimal discrete harmonic maps between hyperbolic surfaces are found via minimizing energy.
problem Finding optimal discrete harmonic maps between hyperbolic surfaces.
method Minimizing Dirichlet energy over all possible hyperbolic structures and realizations within a fixed homotopy class.
result At the optimal hyperbolic structure, the discrete harmonic map and edge weights are induced from a weighted Delaunay decomposition.
We extend the well-known Sacks-Uhlenbeck energy gap result (1981) for harmonic maps from closed Riemann surfaces into closed Riemannian manifolds from the case of maps with small energy (thus near a constant map), to the case of harmonic maps with high absolute energy but small energy relative to a reference harmonic m…
Study on harmonic maps from surfaces with energy bounds and neck domains.
problem Behavior of harmonic maps with bounded energy on complex domains.
method Analysis of a sequence of harmonic maps in generalized neck domains.
result Upper bound of energy density and study of nullity and index limits.
New insights into surface energy reduction.
problem Energy behavior of degenerating submanifolds.
method Analyzing regularized Riesz energy for closed submanifolds.
result Energy blows up as submanifolds degenerate.
Motivated by the important work of Brown adn York on quasilocal energy, we propose definitions of quasilocal energy and momentum surface energy of a spacelike 2-surface with positive intrinsic curvature in a spacetime. We show that the quasilocal energy of the boundary of a compact spacelike hypersurface which satisfie…
The study finds surfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature foliated by circles in Euclidean space.
problem Existence and geometric description of surfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature.
method Analyzes surfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature of the Dirichlet energy, proving existence and classifying them.
result Existence and geometric description of surfaces foliated by circles with zero anisotropic mean curvature.
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.
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.
Proposes a new quasi-local mass for timelike 2-surfaces in spacetimes.
problem Need a mass definition for 2-surfaces with timelike mean curvature.
method Adopts Wang-Yau's quasi-local energy framework, modifies for timelike mean curvature.
result Yields a positive definite surface energy density and divergence-free current.
We study the stability of closed, not necessarily smooth, equilibrium surfaces of an anisotropic surface energy for which the Wulff shape is not necessarily smooth. We show that if the Cahn Hoffman field can be extended continuously to the whole surface and if the surface is stable, then the surface is, up to rescaling…
A method to analyze maps into circles with singularities.
problem Analyzing maps with singularities into circles.
method Renormalization of Dirichlet Lagrangian for S1-harmonic maps. result Applications in Willmore energy and frame energies.
Study sesqui-harmonic map flow from Riemannian surfaces
problem Investigate sesqui-harmonic map flow from Riemannian surfaces
method L2-gradient flow of an energy functional
result Generalizes Struwe's regularity result for harmonic maps
We present a new method to compare the shapes of genus-zero surfaces. We introduce a measure of mutual stretching, the symmetric distortion energy, and establish the existence of a conformal diffeomorphism between any two genus-zero surfaces that minimizes this energy. We then prove that the energies of the minimizing …
For every g∈N0 and ε>0, we construct a smooth genus g surface embedded into the unit ball with area 8π and Willmore energy smaller than 8π+ε. From this we deduce that a minimising sequence for Willmore's energy in the class of genus g surfaces embedded in the unit ball with area 8π converges …
Study the energy spectrum of metrics on surfaces and its relation to simple length spectrum.
problem Relate the energy spectrum to the simple length spectrum of metrics on surfaces.
method Analyze the energy spectrum of metrics on surfaces and their Teichmüller spaces, considering homotopy conditions.
result The energy spectrum determines the simple length spectrum under certain conditions.
We prove existence and a.e. regularity of an area minimizing soap film with a bound on energy spanning a given Jordan curve in R^3. The energy of a film is defined to be the sum of its surface area and the length of its singular branched set. The class of surfaces over which area is minimized includes images of disks, …
Sharp inequalities and symmetries on Riemannian surfaces quantified.
problem Understanding symmetries and asymmetries in Riemannian surfaces.
method Introducing scattering energy to measure asymmetry and proving isoperimetric inequalities.
result Sharp quantitative isoperimetric inequalities and domains with vanishing scattering energy characterized.
Investigates physical properties on surfaces of rotation using Clairaut's theorem.
problem Understanding specific energy and angular momentum on surfaces of rotation.
method Used Clairaut's theorem with geodesic conditions to derive specific energy and angular momentum.
result Physical expressions for specific energy and angular momentum on surfaces of rotation were derived.
For a sequence of coupled fields {(φn,ψn)} from a compact Riemann surface M with smooth boundary to a general compact Riemannian manifold with uniformly bounded energy and satisfying the Dirac-harmonic system up to some uniformly controlled error terms, we show that the energy identity holds during a blow-up pr…
Study minimizes Willmore energy with constraints on surface properties.
problem Minimizing Willmore energy under specific surface properties.
method Adapting Keller-Mondino-Rivière, Bauer-Kuwert, and Ndiaye-Schätzle methods.
result Existence of smooth minimizers for a broad range of constraints.
Study of critical tori for mean curvature energies in Killing submersions.
problem Analyzing surface energies in Killing submersions.
method Symmetry reduction and binormal evolution of critical curves.
result Construction of vertical tori critical for mean curvature energies.
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 8π−delta has a representative under the Möbius action, for which the induced metric and a conformal metric of constant (…