A classification theorem for Helfrich surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00208-013-0944-ZMaRDI QIDQ383594zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Glen Wheeler, James McCoy

Publication date 5 December 2013

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4540

zbMATH Keywords

Willmore surfacesHelfrich surfacessmooth immersed critical points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

Abstract: In this paper we study the functional $S{W}_{lambd{a}_1,lambd{a}_2}$, which is the the sum of the Willmore energy, $lambd{a}_1$-weighted surface area, and $lambd{a}_2$-weighted volume, for surfaces immersed in $R^3$. This coincides with the Helfrich functional with zero `spontaneous curvature'. Our main result is a complete classification of all smooth immersed critical points of the functional with $lambd{a}_{1}ge0$ and small $L^2$ norm of tracefree curvature. In particular we prove the non-existence of critical points of the functional for which the surface area and enclosed volume are positively weighted.

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