Weighted $\infty$-Willmore Spheres

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Hauptverfasser: Gallagher, Ed, Moser, Roger
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author Gallagher, Ed
Moser, Roger
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Moser, Roger
contents On the two-sphere $Σ$, we consider the problem of minimising among suitable immersions $f \,\colon Σ\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^3$ the weighted $L^\infty$ norm of the mean curvature $H$, with weighting given by a prescribed ambient function $ξ$, subject to a fixed surface area constraint. We show that, under a low-energy assumption which prevents topological issues from arising, solutions of this problem and also a more general set of ``pseudo-minimiser'' surfaces must satisfy a second-order PDE system obtained as the limit as $p \rightarrow \infty$ of the Euler-Lagrange equations for the approximating $L^p$ problems. This system gives some information about the geometric behaviour of the surfaces, and in particular implies that their mean curvature takes on at most three values: $H \in \{ \pm \vert \vert ξH \vert \vert_{L^\infty} \}$ away from the nodal set of the PDE system, and $H = 0$ on the nodal set (if it is non-empty).
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spellingShingle Weighted $\infty$-Willmore Spheres
Gallagher, Ed
Moser, Roger
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
49Q10 (Primary), 35A15, 53A05, 53C42, 58E12 (Secondary)
On the two-sphere $Σ$, we consider the problem of minimising among suitable immersions $f \,\colon Σ\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^3$ the weighted $L^\infty$ norm of the mean curvature $H$, with weighting given by a prescribed ambient function $ξ$, subject to a fixed surface area constraint. We show that, under a low-energy assumption which prevents topological issues from arising, solutions of this problem and also a more general set of ``pseudo-minimiser'' surfaces must satisfy a second-order PDE system obtained as the limit as $p \rightarrow \infty$ of the Euler-Lagrange equations for the approximating $L^p$ problems. This system gives some information about the geometric behaviour of the surfaces, and in particular implies that their mean curvature takes on at most three values: $H \in \{ \pm \vert \vert ξH \vert \vert_{L^\infty} \}$ away from the nodal set of the PDE system, and $H = 0$ on the nodal set (if it is non-empty).
title Weighted $\infty$-Willmore Spheres
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
49Q10 (Primary), 35A15, 53A05, 53C42, 58E12 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07468