On the stability of the CMC Clifford tori as constrained Willmore surfaces

DOI10.1007/S10455-012-9354-9MaRDI QIDQ2376979zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Johannes Lorenz, Ernst Kuwert

Publication date 26 June 2013

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4483

zbMATH Keywords

Clifford toristabilityTeichmüller projectionWillmore surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

Abstract: The tori $T_r=r{S}^{1}imess{S}^{1}subset{S}^3$, where $r^2+s^2=1$, are constrained Willmore surfaces, i.e. critical points of the Willmore functional among tori of the same conformal type. We compute which of the $T_r$ are stable critical points.

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