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Conformally Invariant Variational Problems. - SAM

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Varitaions in the domain correspond to perturbation of the<br />

form x(s + tX) ≃ x(s) + tẋ(s) + o(t 2 ). Multiplying the Euler<br />

Lagrange equation by the infinitesimal perturbation ẋ(s) corresponding<br />

then to the variation in the domain gives the stationary<br />

equation<br />

0 = ẋ(s) [mẍ(s)+V ′ (x(s))] = d [ m<br />

(s)+V(x(s))]<br />

ds 2 ẋ2<br />

which is nothing but the conservation of energy.<br />

✷<br />

We shall now exploit the specificity of the boundary condition<br />

imposed by the membership of the minimizer u of E in<br />

C(Γ), whose existence is still assumed at this stage of the proof<br />

in order to get more information on the Hopf differential and<br />

the fact that H(u) is identically zero. This is the result of the<br />

free Dirichlet condition we are imposing. By imposing a fixed<br />

Dirichletconditiontherewouldhavebeennoreasonfortheholomorphic<br />

Hopf differential to be identically zero and hence the<br />

minimizer u to be conformal. Precisely we are now going to<br />

prove the following proposition.<br />

Proposition V.3. Let u be a map in W 1,2 (D 2 ,R m ) satisfying<br />

then<br />

∀X ∈ C ∞ (D 2 ,R 2 ) s. t. X ·x ≡ 0 on ∂D 2<br />

d<br />

dt E(u(id+tX)) | t=0<br />

= 0 .<br />

(V.16)<br />

|∂ x1 u| 2 −|∂ x2 u| 2 −2i < ∂ x1 u,∂ x2 u >≡ 0 on D 2 .<br />

Proof of proposition V.3. Let X be an arbitrary smooth<br />

vector-field on the disc D 2 satisfying<br />

X ·x ≡ 0 on ∂D 2 . (V.17)<br />

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