The constrained Willmore minimizer conjecture for tori

Let W\mathcal W denote the Willmore functional, and fix a conformal class of tori. The (1,2)(1,2)-equivariant constrained Willmore tori are those constrained Willmore tori of orbit type (1,2)(1,2) and intrinsic period 11. Constrained Willmore conjecture. The minimizers of W\mathcal W among tori in any prescribed conformal class are the (1,2)(1,2)-equivariant constrained Willmore tori of intrinsic period 11. Numerical experiments support this claim across conformal classes, while the source notes that for sufficiently nonrectangular classes the candidates may have energy at least 8π8\pi 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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