Global Conformal Invariants of Submanifolds

DOI10.5802/AIF.3220zbMATH Open1430.53066arXiv1501.07527OpenAlexW1720491667WikidataQ126194574 ScholiaQ126194574MaRDI QIDQ4610380FDOQ4610380

Authors: Andrea Mondino, Huy The Nguyen 

Publication date: 15 January 2019

Published in: Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The goal of the present paper is to investigate the algebraic structure of global conformal invariants of submanifolds. These are defined to be conformally invariant integrals of geometric scalars of the tangent and normal bundle. A famous example of a global conformal invariant is the Willmore energy of a surface. In codimension one we classify such invariants, showing that under a structural hypothesis (more precisely we assume the integrand depends separately on the intrinsic and extrinsic curvatures, and not on their derivatives) the integrand can only consist of an intrinsic scalar conformal invariant, an extrinsic scalar conformal invariant and the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet integrand. In particular, for codimension one surfaces, we show that the Willmore energy is the unique global conformal invariant, up to the addition of a topological term (the Gauss curvature, giving the Euler Characteristic by the Gauss Bonnet Theorem). A similar statement holds also for codimension two surfaces, once taking into account an additional topological term given by the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet integrand of the normal bundle. We also discuss existence and properties of natural higher dimensional (and codimensional) generalizations of the Willmore energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.07527

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal invariantssubmanifoldsWillmore energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Global submanifolds (53C40) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)

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