Total squared curvature of surfaces in Riemannian manifolds

16.05.2019, 16:15  –  Haus 9, Raum 0.12
Forschungsseminar Differentialgeometrie

Ernst Kuwert (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)

We discuss the problem of minimizing the total squared curvature of compact surfaces in closed Riemannian manifolds. In particular, we present an area bound in terms of the curvature for many manifolds.