Direct minimization of the Canham--Helfrich energy on generalized Gauss graphs

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Hauptverfasser: Kubin, Anna, Lussardi, Luca, Morandotti, Marco
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author Kubin, Anna
Lussardi, Luca
Morandotti, Marco
author_facet Kubin, Anna
Lussardi, Luca
Morandotti, Marco
contents The existence of minimizers of the Canham--Helfrich functional in the setting of generalized Gauss graphs is proved. As a first step, the Canham--Helfrich functional, usually defined on regular surfaces, is extended to generalized Gauss graphs, then lower semicontinuity and compactness are proved under a suitable condition on the bending constants ensuring coerciveness; the minimization follows by the direct methods of the Calculus of Variations. Remarks on the regularity of minimizers and on the behavior of the functional in case there is lack of coerciveness are presented.
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spellingShingle Direct minimization of the Canham--Helfrich energy on generalized Gauss graphs
Kubin, Anna
Lussardi, Luca
Morandotti, Marco
Optimization and Control
49Q20
The existence of minimizers of the Canham--Helfrich functional in the setting of generalized Gauss graphs is proved. As a first step, the Canham--Helfrich functional, usually defined on regular surfaces, is extended to generalized Gauss graphs, then lower semicontinuity and compactness are proved under a suitable condition on the bending constants ensuring coerciveness; the minimization follows by the direct methods of the Calculus of Variations. Remarks on the regularity of minimizers and on the behavior of the functional in case there is lack of coerciveness are presented.
title Direct minimization of the Canham--Helfrich energy on generalized Gauss graphs
topic Optimization and Control
49Q20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06353