Harmonic map methods for Willmore surfaces

@article{Leschke2010HarmonicMM,
title={Harmonic map methods for Willmore surfaces},
author={Katrin Leschke},
journal={arXiv: Differential Geometry},
year={2010}
}
• K. Leschke
• Published 17 March 2010
• Physics
• arXiv: Differential Geometry
In this note we demonstrate how the analogy between the harmonic Gauss map of a constant mean curvature surface and the harmonic conformal Gauss map of a Willmore surface can be used to obtain results on Willmore surfaces.
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