A classification theorem for Helfrich surfaces

DOI10.1007/s00208-013-0944-zzbMath1280.58006arXiv1201.4540MaRDI QIDQ383594

Glen Wheeler, James A. McCoy

Publication date: 5 December 2013

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4540

zbMATH Keywords

Willmore surfaces; Helfrich surfaces; smooth immersed critical points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E12: Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables)

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