The Willmore conjecure for immersed tori with small curvature integral

DOI10.1007/S002290050001MaRDI QIDQ1964699zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Bernd Ammann

Publication date 8 November 2000

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9906065

zbMATH Keywords

Gauss curvatureWillmore conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

Abstract: The Willmore conjecture states that any immersion F:T^2 -> R^n of a 2-torus into flat euclidean space satisfies $in{t}_{T^2}{H}^{2}geq2p{i}^2$. We prove it under the condition that the L^p-norm of the Gaussian curvature is sufficiently small.

Review text

For an immersion \(F: N\to\mathbb{R}^n\) of a closed surface \(N\) into Euclidean space the Willmore integral \(W(F)\) is defined using the mean curvature \(H\) of \(F(N)\) and the area form darea associated to the induced metric \(W(F):= \int_N H^2\) darea. In 1965, Willmore conjectured that for any immersion \(F: T^2\to \mathbb{R}^n\) of the 2-dimensional torus, \(n\geq 3\), the inequality \(W(F)\geq 2\pi^2\) holds. In many special cases this conjecture has been confirmed. Now, under the condition that the \(L^p\)-norm of the Gauss curvature is sufficiently small, it is confirmed in some new special cases. Nevertheless, in general, the Willmore conjecture remains still open.

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