Willmore conjecture

Willmore conjecture
FieldDifferential geometry
Conjectured byThomas Willmore
Conjectured in1965
First proof byFernando Codá Marques and André Neves
First proof in2012

In differential geometry, the Willmore conjecture is a lower bound on the Willmore energy of a torus. It is named after the English mathematician Tom Willmore, who conjectured it in 1965. A proof by Fernando Codá Marques and André Neves was announced in 2012 and published in 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.