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The Willmore Conjecture
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The Willmore Conjecture
The Willmore problem studies which torus has the least amount of bending energy. We explain how to think of a torus as a donut-shaped surface and how the intuitive notion of bending has been studied by mathematics over time.
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Mathematical subjects

Geometry and Topology
Connections to other fields

Physics

Reflections on Mathematics
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10.14760/SNAP-2016-011-EN
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Mathematical subjects

Algebra and Number Theory

Analysis

Didactics and Education

Discrete Mathematics and Foundations

Geometry and Topology

Numerics and Scientific Computing

Probability Theory and Statistics
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Chemistry and Earth Science

Computer Science

Engineering and Technology

Finance

Humanities and Social Sciences

Life Science

Physics

Reflections on Mathematics