Willmore minimization conjecture for the bipolar Lawson Klein bottle
Willmore minimization conjecture for the bipolar Lawson Klein bottle
Let be Lawson's bipolar surface, and let be a stereographic projection. For , regard as an immersion into . Among all immersed Klein bottles in , consider the Willmore energy. Willmore minimization conjecture. The unique minimizer among all immersed Klein bottles in , for , is . This claim is presented as the expected optimality of the bipolar Lawson surface; the surrounding results establish its distinguished spectral and minimal-surface properties, but the global uniqueness and minimization statement remain open.
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J. Hirsch and E. Mäder-Baumdicker, “A note on Willmore minimizing Klein bottles in Euclidean space”, arXiv:1606.04745 (2017).
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