Euler‐lagrange equation and regularity for flat minimizers of the Willmore functional
Euler‐lagrange equation and regularity for flat minimizers of the Willmore functional
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威尔莫尔泛函的平坦极小值的欧拉-拉格朗日方程和正则性
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2011
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Peter Hornung
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Peter Hornung
Let \input amssym $S\subset{\Bbb R}^2$ be a bounded domain with boundary of class C∞, and let gij = δij denote the flat metric on \input amssym ${\Bbb R}^2$. Let u be a minimizer of the Willmore functional within a subclass (defined by prescribing boundary conditions on parts of ∂S) of all W2,2 isometric immersions of the Riemannian manifold (S, g) into \input amssym ${\Bbb R}^3$. In this article we derive the Euler‐Lagrange equation and study the regularity properties for such u. Our main regularity result is that minimizers u are C3 away from a certain singular set Σ and C∞ away from a larger singular set Σ ∪ Σ0. We obtain a geometric characterization of these singular sets, and we derive the scaling of u and its derivatives near Σ0.