Willmore minimizers with prescribed isoperimetric ratio

DOI10.1007/S00205-011-0465-4zbMATH Open1288.74027arXiv1103.0167OpenAlexW3104479934MaRDI QIDQ2276280FDOQ2276280

Authors: Johannes Schygulla 

Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Motivated by a simple model for elastic cell membranes, we minimize the Willmore functional among two-dimensional spheres embedded in R^3 with prescribed isoperimetric ratio.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0167

zbMATH Keywords

cell membranetwo-dimensional sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Membranes (74K15)

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