A Weierstrass representation for 2D elasticity
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Publication:6288085
arXiv1706.06387MaRDI QIDQ6288085FDOQ6288085
Authors: Ulrich Pinkall, Jonas Tervooren 
Publication date: 20 June 2017
Abstract: We study a class of elastic energy functionals for maps between planar domains (among them the so-called squared distance functional) whose critical points (elastic maps) allow a far more complete theory than one would expect from general elasticity theory. For some of these functionals elastic maps even admit a "Weierstrass representation" in terms of holomorphic functions, reminiscent of the one for minimal surfaces. We also prove a global uniqueness theorem that does not seem to be known in other situations.
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