Branched Willmore spheres

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2013-0028zbMATH Open1314.53013arXiv1112.2877OpenAlexW2964068316MaRDI QIDQ2018382FDOQ2018382

Authors: Tobias Lamm, Huy The Nguyen 

Publication date: 14 April 2015

Published in: Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we classify branched Willmore spheres with at most three branch points (including multiplicity), showing that they may be obtained from complete minimal surfaces in $R^3$ with ends of multiplicity at most three. This extends the classification result of Bryant. We then show that this may be applied to the analysis of singularities of the Willmore flow of non-Willmore spheres with Willmore energy $mcW(f)leq16pi$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2877

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zbMATH Keywords

Willmore flowends of multiplicitynon-Willmore spheresthree branch points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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