Local solutions to a free boundary problem for the Willmore functional

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-0961-3zbMATH Open1344.49066arXiv1408.6670OpenAlexW2963643727WikidataQ125879255 ScholiaQ125879255MaRDI QIDQ283537FDOQ283537

Authors: Roberta Alessandroni, Ernst Kuwert 

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a free boundary problem for the Willmore functional. Given a smooth domain $Omega$ in ${mathbbR}^3$, we construct Willmore disks wich are critical in the class of surfaces meeting $partialOmega$ orthogonally along their boundary and having small prescribed area. Using rescaling we first obtain constrained solutions with prescribed two-dimensional barycenter, and then study the variation of the barycenter.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6670

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zbMATH Keywords

variational problemfree boundary problemlocal solutionsWillmore functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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