Existence of minimizing Willmore Klein bottles in Euclidean four-space

DOI10.2140/GT.2017.21.2485zbMATH Open1365.53004arXiv1604.01906OpenAlexW3104625765MaRDI QIDQ2356971FDOQ2356971

Authors: Patrick Breuning, Jonas Hirsch, Elena Mäder-Baumdicker 

Publication date: 7 June 2017

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $K$ be a Klein bottle. We show that the infimum of the Willmore energy among all immersed Klein bottles in Euclidean $n$-space is attained by a smooth embedded Klein bottle, where $ngeq4$. There are three distinct regular homotopy classes of immersed Klein bottles in the Euclidean four-space each one containing an embedding. One is characterized by the property that it contains the minimizer just mentioned. For the other two regular homotopy classes we show that the Willmore energy is bounded from below by $8pi$. We give a classification of the minimizers of these two classes. In particular, we prove the existence of infinitely many distinct embedded Klein bottles in Euclidean four-space that have Euler normal number $-4$ or $+4$ and Willmore energy $8pi$. The surfaces are distinct even when we allow conformal transformations of the ambient space. As they are all minimizers in their homotopy class they are Willmore surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01906

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zbMATH Keywords

Klein bottleWillmore surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-dimensional and -codimensional surfaces in Euclidean and related (n)-spaces (53A07) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28)

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