Elasticity and conformal tension via the Kaluza-Klein mechanism

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Barros, Manuel ^a   Cabrerizo, José L ^b   Fernández, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

02.40.Ky; 04.65.+e; 11.10.Kk; 53C40; 53C50; Conformal structure* r elastica; Conformal total tension functional; Differential geometry; General relativity; Kaluza Klein metric; Warped product metric; Willmore Chen submanifold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196061     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(99)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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