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Conformally Invariant Variational Problems. - SAM

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for any perturbation V ⃗ which is equivalent to (X.64) and theorem<br />

X.5 is proved.<br />

✷<br />

As mentioned in the introduction of this course questions we<br />

are interested in are analysis questions for conformallyinvariant<br />

lagrangians.<br />

In this part of the course devoted to Willmore Lagrangianwe<br />

shall look at the following problems :<br />

i) DoesthereexistsaminimizerofWillmorefunctionalamong<br />

all smooth immersions for a fixed 2-dimensional surface Σ 2<br />

? and, if yes, can one estimate the energy and special properties<br />

of such a minimizer ?<br />

ii) DoesthereexistsaminimizersofWillmorefunctionalamong<br />

a more restricted class of immersionssuch as conformal immersionsfor<br />

a fixed chosen conformalclasscon Σ ? or does<br />

there exist a minimizing immersion of Willmore functional<br />

among all immersions into R 3 enclosing a domain of given<br />

volume and realizing a fixed area...<br />

iii) What happens to a sequence of weak Willmore immersions<br />

of a surface Σ 2 having a uniformly bounded energy at the<br />

limit? does it convergencein some sense to a surface which<br />

is still Willmore and if not what are the possible ”weak<br />

limits” of Willmore surfaces ?<br />

iv) How stable is the Willmore equation ? that means : following<br />

a sequence of ”almostWillmore”surfaces”solvingmore<br />

and more” the Willmore equation - Willmore Palais Smale<br />

sequences for instance - does such a sequence converges to<br />

a Willmore surface ?<br />

v) Can one apply fundamental variational principles such as<br />

Ekeland’s variational Principles or Mountain pass lemma<br />

to the Willmore functional ?<br />

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