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 Willmore Functionals
Author(s):
Mingliang
Cai
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
127
(1999),
569-575.
MSC (1991):
Primary 53C20
MathSciNet review:
1458864
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Abstract:
We prove some integral inequalities for immersed tori in the three sphere. The functionals considered are generalizations of the Willmore functional.
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Additional Information:
Mingliang
Cai
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124
Email:
mcai@math.miami.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04484-6
PII:
S 0002-9939(99)04484-6
Keywords:
Principal curvature,
exponential map
Received by editor(s):
January 30, 1997
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
May 19, 1997
Communicated by:
Christopher Croke
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Copyright
1999,
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