Willmore conjecture

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:concerns gptkb:butter
gptkb:Willmore_energy
gptkbp:field differential geometry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Willmore conjecture
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Thomas_Willmore
1965
gptkbp:provenBy gptkb:André_Neves
gptkb:Fernando_Codá_Marques
2012
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Clifford_torus
minimal surfaces
gptkbp:sentence The Willmore energy of a torus immersed in 3-dimensional Euclidean space is at least 2π², with equality only for the Clifford torus.
gptkbp:status proved
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Willmore_energy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6