Ort: University of Basel, Grosser Hörsaal, Mathematical Institute
BZ Seminar in Analysis: Ernst Kuwert (Freiburg i. Br.)
Local solutions to a free boundary problem for the Willmore functional
Given a smooth domain Ω in ℝ³, we construct Willmore disks which are critical in the class of surfaces meeting ∂Ω orthogonally along their boundary and having small prescribed area.