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We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p dx$ with a constrain on the volume of $\{u>0\}$. We consider a penalization problem, and we prove that for small values of the penalization parameter, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Julian Fernandez Bonder , Sandra Martinez , Noemi Wolanski

We consider the class of all conformal mappings from a compact Riemann surface into the threedimensional or fourdimensional Euclidean space. A sequence in this class with bounded Willmore functional is shown to have a sequence of conformal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin Ulrich Schmidt

Let $(\Sigma,g)$ be a compact Riemannian surface without boundary and $\lambda_1(\Sigma)$ be the first eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta_g$. Let $h$ be a positive smooth function on $\Sigma$. Define a functional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Yunyan Yang , Xiaobao Zhu

We consider a global, nonlinear version of the Whitney extension problem for manifold-valued smooth functions on closed domains $C$, with non-smooth boundary, in possibly non-compact manifolds. Assuming $C$ is a submanifold with corners, or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-13 David Michael Roberts , Alexander Schmeding

In this paper we show a quantitative rigidity result for the minimizer of the Willmore functional among all projective planes in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\ge 4$. We also construct an explicit counterexample to a corresponding rigidity result…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-08 Tobias Lamm , Reiner M. Schätzle

The Willmore energy, alias bending energy or rigid string action, and its variation-the Willmore invariant-are important surface conformal invariants with applications ranging from cell membranes to the entanglement entropy in quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-28 A. Rod Gover , Andrew Waldron

We study two principle minimizing problems, subject of different constraints. Our open sets are assumed bounded, except mentioning otherwise;precisely $\Omega=]0,1[^n \in {\mathbb{R}}^n , n=1 $ or $n=2$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-18 Antoine Mhanna

For two-dimensional, immersed closed surfaces $f:\Sigma \to \R^n$, we study the curvature functionals $\mathcal{E}^p(f)$ and $\mathcal{W}^p(f)$ with integrands $(1+|A|^2)^{p/2}$ and $(1+|H|^2)^{p/2}$, respectively. Here $A$ is the second…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-31 Ernst Kuwert , Tobias Lamm , Yuxiang Li

In this paper we continue to study the connection among the area minimizing problem, certain area functional and the Dirichlet problem of minimal surface equations in a class of conformal cones with a similar motivation from \cite{GZ20}.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Qiang Gao , Hengyu Zhou

We consider the shape optimization problems for the quantities $\lambda(\Omega)T^q(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ varies among open sets of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with a prescribed Lebesgue measure. While the characterization of the infimum is completely…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Luca Briani , Giuseppe Buttazzo , Serena Guarino Lo Bianco

We consider the following eigenvalue optimization problem: Given a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\R^n$ and numbers $\alpha\geq 0$, $A\in [0,|\Omega|]$, find a subset $D\subset\Omega$ of area $A$ for which the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-31 S. Chanillo , D. Grieser , M. Imai , K. Kurata , I. Ohnishi

We obtain in arbitrary codimension a removability result on the order of singularity of Willmore surfaces realising the width of Willmore min-max problems on spheres. As a consequence, out of the twelve families of non-planar minimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Alexis Michelat , Tristan Rivière

Hyperplanes, hyperspheres and hypercylinders in $\Bbb R^n$ with suitable densities are proved to be weighted minimizing by a calibration argument. Also calibration method is used to prove a weighted minimal hypersurface is weighted…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-18 Doan The Hieu

Given a compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ and a fixed cohomology class, $[\alpha^*] \in H^k(M)$, we consider the existence of a minimizer $\alpha \in [\alpha^*]$ of the generalized minimal surface energy $\int_M \sqrt{1+|\alpha|^2}…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-07 Daniel Agress

In this note, we generalize a characterization of the Clifford torus due to Ros. Let $f:M\rightarrow S^{n+1}$ be an embedded closed minimal hypersurface. Assume there are $(n+2)$ great hyperspheres of $S^{n+1}$ perpendicular to each other,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-02 Changping Wang , Peng Wang

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, be an open bounded connected set. We consider the indefinite weighted eigenvalue problem $-\Delta u =\lambda m u$ in $\Omega$ with $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, $m\in L^\infty(\Omega)$ and with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Claudia Anedda , Fabrizio Cuccu

We prove a local minimizing property for strictly stable free-boundary minimal hypersurfaces in the relative current setting. Let $\Sigma^n$ be a compact, two-sided, properly embedded free-boundary minimal hypersurface in a compact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Xiaoxiang Jiao , Hangyue Zhu

For $\Omega$ a perturbation of the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^3$, we establish the existence of a sequence of local minimizers for the vector Allen-Cahn energy. The sequence converges in $L^1$ to a partition of $\Omega$ whose skeleton is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Abhishek Adimurthi , Peter Sternberg

We prove that the critical points of various energies such as the area, the Willmore energy, the frame energy for tori...etc among possibly branched immersions constrained to evolve within a smooth sub-manifold of the Teichm\"uller space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-23 Tristan Rivière

This article investigates stationary surfaces with boundaries, which arise as the critical points of functionals dependent on curvature. Precisely, a generalized "bending energy" functional $\mathcal{W}$ is considered which involves a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Anthony Gruber , Magdalena Toda , Hung Tran