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

DOI10.1007/S10455-012-9354-9zbMATH Open1273.53005arXiv1206.4483OpenAlexW2022935528MaRDI QIDQ2376979FDOQ2376979

Authors: Johannes Lorenz, Ernst Kuwert 

Publication date: 26 June 2013

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

stabilityWillmore surfacesClifford toriTeichmüller projection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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