Willmore surfaces

DOI10.1007/BF03025897zbMath0616.53049OpenAlexW3189216788MaRDI QIDQ1821368

Ulrich Pinkall, Ivan C. Sterling

Publication date: 1987

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03025897

zbMATH Keywords

Willmore surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05)

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