Density conjecture for fixed-isoperimetric-ratio subdivision surfaces

Let KK be a closed oriented surface and let v(0,1)v\in(0,1). Write ImmSjv\operatorname{Imm}_{\mathscr{S}^j}^v for the space of immersed Loop subdivision surfaces over KK with isoperimetric ratio vv, and let ImmW2,2C1v(K)\operatorname{Imm}_{W^{2,2}\cap C^1}^v(K) be the elements of ImmW2,2C1(K)\operatorname{Imm}_{W^{2,2}\cap C^1}(K) with isoperimetric ratio vv.

Fixed-ratio density conjecture. For every v(0,1)v\in(0,1),

jImmSjv\bigcup_j \operatorname{Imm}_{\mathscr{S}^j}^v

is dense in ImmW2,2C1v(K)\operatorname{Imm}_{W^{2,2}\cap C^1}^v(K).

Such a density result would provide the approximation needed for numerical treatment of the Canham and Helfrich problems with a fixed isoperimetric-ratio constraint. The paper presents it as unresolved, and notes that proving it is a key numerical-analysis difficulty.

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Jingmin Chen, Thomas Yu, Patrick Brogan, Robert Kusner, Yilin Yang and Andrew Zigerelli, “Numerical Methods for Biomembranes: conforming subdivision methods versus non-conforming PL methods”, arXiv:1901.09990 (2020).

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