Gradient flow for the Willmore functional

DOI10.4310/CAG.2002.V10.N2.A4MaRDI QIDQ1866514zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Ernst Kuwert, Reiner Schätzle

Publication date 7 April 2003

Published in Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

gradient flowWillmore energyWillmore flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order parabolic equations (35K10) Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10)

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