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Title:
Toroidal Soap Bubbles: Constant Mean Curvature Tori in \(S^3\) and \(R^3\)

Speaker:
Emma Carberry

Abstract:
Constant mean curvature (CMC) tori in \(S^3\), \(R^3\) or \(H^3\) are in bijective correspondence with spectral curve data, consisting of a hyperelliptic curve, a line bundle on this curve and some additional data, which in particular determines the relevant space form. This point of view is particularly relevant for considering moduli-space questions, such as the prevalence of tori amongst CMC planes. I will address these periodicity questions for the spherical and Euclidean cases, using Whitham deformations, which I will explain.

Link:
https://www.ias.edu/video/members/2014/0414-EmmaCarberry