Short closed geodesics and the Willmore energy

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Authors Marius Müller, Fabian Rupp, Christian Scharrer

Publication date 4 April 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume, other geometric measure theory (28A75) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

Abstract: We prove a lower bound on the length of closed geodesics for spherical surfaces with Willmore energy below $6pi$. The energy threshold is optimal and there is no comparable result for surfaces of higher genus. We also discuss consequences for the injectivity radius.

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