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Candidates for non-rectangular constrained Willmore minimizers

Differential Geometry 2022-03-03 v2

Abstract

For every   b>1  \;b>1\; fixed, we explicitly construct 11-dimensional families of embedded constrained Willmore tori parametrized by their conformal class   (a,b)\;(a,b)\; with   ab0+  \; a \sim_b 0^+\; deforming the homogenous torus \;fbf^b of conformal class \;(0,b).(0,b). The variational vector field at fbf^b is hereby given by a non-trivial zero direction of a penalized Willmore stability operator which we show to coincide with a double point of the corresponding spectral curve. Further, we characterize for b1b \sim 1, b1b \neq 1 and ab0+a \sim_b 0^+ the family obtained by opening the "smallest" double point on the spectral curve which is heuristically the direction with the smallest increase of Willmore energy at fbf^b. Indeed we show in \cite{HelNdi1} that these candidates minimize the Willmore energy in their respective conformal class for b1b \sim 1, b1b \neq 1 and ab0+.a \sim_b 0^+.

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@article{arxiv.1902.09572,
  title  = {Candidates for non-rectangular constrained Willmore minimizers},
  author = {Lynn Heller and Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.09572},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

35 pages, originally a section of arXiv:1710.00533, we decided to split the paper due to length

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