Rectangular constrained Willmore minimizers and the Willmore conjecture

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Authors Lynn Heller, Sebastian Heller, Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye

Publication date 17 January 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

Abstract: We show that the well-known family of $2$-lobed Delaunay tori $;f^b;$ in $;S^3,;$ parametrized by $;binmathbb{R}_{geq1},;$ uniquely minimizes the Willmore energy among all immersions from tori into $3$-space of conformal class $;(a,b);$. As a corollary we obtain an alternate proof of the Willmore conjecture in $3$-space. This new strategy can be generalized to arbitrary codimensions provided a classification of isothermic constrained Willmore tori is possible and all $;f^b;$ remain stable in all codimensions.

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