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Reflection of Willmore surfaces with free boundaries

Differential Geometry 2023-06-22 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We study immersed surfaces in R3\mathbb{R}^3 which are critical points of the Willmore functional under boundary constraints. The two cases considered are when the surface meets a plane orthogonally along the boundary, and when the boundary is contained in a line. In both cases we derive weak forms of the resulting free boundary conditions and prove regularity by reflection.

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@article{arxiv.1906.05720,
  title  = {Reflection of Willmore surfaces with free boundaries},
  author = {Ernst Kuwert and Tobias Lamm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.05720},
  year   = {2023}
}

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20 pages

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