Sequences of Willmore surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00209-007-0214-4MaRDI QIDQ2481300zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Franz Pedit, Katrin Leschke

Publication date 9 April 2008

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610648

zbMATH Keywords

holomorphic curveWillmore toritwistor projectionWillmore spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

Abstract: In this paper we develop the theory of Willmore sequences for Willmore surfaces in the 4-sphere. We show that under appropriate conditions this sequence has to terminate. In this case the Willmore surface either is the twistor projection of a holomorphic curve into complex projective space or the inversion of a minimal surface with planar ends in 4-space. These results give a unified explanation of previous work on the characterization of Willmore spheres and Willmore tori with non-trivial normal bundles by various authors.

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