L^p Willmore functionals
For immersed tori \(M\subset S^3\) in the (metric) 3-sphere, the author introduces the family of functionals \(W_p(M)= \int_M| \frac{\kappa_1-\kappa_2}{2} |^p dM\), \(p\in\mathbb{R}\), as a generalization of the Willmore functional, \(W_{p=2}\). Here the \(\kappa_i\) denote the principal curvatures of \(M\). Two inequalities for these functions are given: Theorem 1.1. For \(p\geq 1+ \frac\pi 2\), one has that \(W_p\geq 2\pi^2\), and equality holds if and only if \(M\) is the Clifford torus. Theorem 1.2. \(W_2\geq \int_M [(1-K_-)^{\frac 12+ \frac\pi 4}- (1-K_-)]\geq 2\pi^2\), and equality holds if and only if \(M\) is the Clifford torus, where \(K_-= \min\{K,0\}\) and \(K\) is the Gauss curvature of \(M\).
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