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Formal asymptotics for blowup in the Willmore flow - Eurandom

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Introduction<br />

Consider an elastic surface. The elastic energy of <strong>the</strong> surface is<br />

given by<br />

<br />

E = (α + βH 2 + γK)dµ,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>tegral is over <strong>the</strong> surface Ω and<br />

◮ H is <strong>the</strong> mean curvature,<br />

◮ K is <strong>the</strong> Gaussian curvature.<br />

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