The geometric Cauchy problem for the membrane shape equation

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/47/49/495201zbMath1314.53107arXiv1406.5981OpenAlexW2049663176MaRDI QIDQ2937450

Gary R. Jensen, Lorenzo Nicolodi, Emilio Musso

Publication date: 9 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5981

zbMATH Keywords

lipid bilayersgeometric Cauchy problemHelfrich functionalmembrane shape equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin fluid films (76A20) Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Pfaffian systems (58A17) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) General biology and biomathematics (92B05)

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