Minimal Distortion Bending and Morphing of Compact Manifolds

arXiv0708.4235MaRDI QIDQ6206637FDOQ6206637

Authors: O. Bigun, C. Chicone 

Publication date: 30 August 2007

Abstract: Let $M$ and $N$ be compact smooth oriented Riemannian $n$-manifolds without boundary embedded in $mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. Several problems about minimal distortion bending and morphing of $M$ to $N$ are posed. Cost functionals that measure distortion due to stretching or bending produced by a diffeomorphism $h:MoN$ are defined, and new results on the existence of minima of these cost functionals are presented. In addition, the definition of a morph between two manifolds $M$ and $N$ is given, and the theory of minimal distortion morphing of compact manifolds is reviewed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E99)

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