On the minimization of the Willmore energy under a constraint on total mean curvature and area
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| author | Scharrer, Christian West, Alexander |
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| contents | Motivated by a model for lipid bilayer cell membranes, we study the minimization of the Willmore functional in the class of oriented closed surfaces with prescribed total mean curvature, prescribed area, and prescribed genus. Adapting methods previously developed by Keller-Mondino-Rivière, Bauer-Kuwert, and Ndiaye-Schätzle, we prove existence of smooth minimizers for a large class of constraints. Moreover, we analyze the asymptotic behaviour of the energy profile close to the unit sphere and consider the total mean curvature of axisymmetric surfaces. |
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| spellingShingle | On the minimization of the Willmore energy under a constraint on total mean curvature and area Scharrer, Christian West, Alexander Differential Geometry Analysis of PDEs 53C42 Motivated by a model for lipid bilayer cell membranes, we study the minimization of the Willmore functional in the class of oriented closed surfaces with prescribed total mean curvature, prescribed area, and prescribed genus. Adapting methods previously developed by Keller-Mondino-Rivière, Bauer-Kuwert, and Ndiaye-Schätzle, we prove existence of smooth minimizers for a large class of constraints. Moreover, we analyze the asymptotic behaviour of the energy profile close to the unit sphere and consider the total mean curvature of axisymmetric surfaces. |
| title | On the minimization of the Willmore energy under a constraint on total mean curvature and area |
| topic | Differential Geometry Analysis of PDEs 53C42 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14579 |