The constrained Willmore minimizer conjecture for tori
The constrained Willmore minimizer conjecture for tori
Let denote the Willmore functional, and fix a conformal class of tori. The -equivariant constrained Willmore tori are those constrained Willmore tori of orbit type and intrinsic period . Constrained Willmore conjecture. The minimizers of among tori in any prescribed conformal class are the -equivariant constrained Willmore tori of intrinsic period . Numerical experiments support this claim across conformal classes, while the source notes that for sufficiently nonrectangular classes the candidates may have energy at least and may not be embedded; existence of immersed minimizers is not known in general.
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Lynn Heller and Franz Pedit, “Towards a constrained Willmore conjecture”, arXiv:1705.03217 (2017).
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