Li-Yau type inequality for curves in any codimension

DOI10.1007/S00526-023-02559-7zbMATH Open1525.53006arXiv2102.06597OpenAlexW3133102727MaRDI QIDQ6137577FDOQ6137577

Tatsuya Miura

Publication date: 4 September 2023

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

Abstract: For immersed curves in Euclidean space of any codimension we establish a Li-Yau type inequality that gives a lower bound of the (normalized) bending energy in terms of multiplicity. The obtained inequality is optimal for any codimension and any multiplicity except for the case of planar closed curves with odd multiplicity; in this remaining case we discover a hidden algebraic obstruction and indeed prove an exhaustive non-optimality result. The proof is mainly variational and involves Langer-Singer's classification of elasticae and Andr'{e}'s algebraic-independence theorem for certain hypergeometric functions. Applications to elastic flows and networks are also given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06597

zbMATH Keywords

closed curvesbending energyLi-Yau inequalitymultiplicity inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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