Helfrich's energy and constrained minimisation

Abstract: For every

g i n m a t h b b N_{0}

and

e p s i l o n > 0

, we construct a smooth genus

g

surface embedded into the unit ball with area

8 p i

and Willmore energy smaller than

8 p i + e p s i l o n

. From this we deduce that a minimising sequence for Willmore's energy in the class of genus

g

surfaces embedded in the unit ball with area

8 p i

converges to a doubly covered sphere for all

g i n m a t h b b N_{0}

. We obtain the same result for certain Canham-Helfrich energies with

c h i_{K} l e q 0

without genus constraint and show that Canham-Helfrich energies with

c h i_{K} > 0

are not bounded from below in the class of smooth surfaces with area

S

embedded into a domain

O m e g a S u b s e t m a t h b b R^{3}

. Furthermore, we prove that the class of connected surfaces embedded in a domain

O m e g a S u b s e t m a t h b b R^{3}

with uniformly bounded Willmore energy and area is compact under varifold convergence.

Recommendations

Cited in

(13)

This page was built for publication: Helfrich's energy and constrained minimisation