Wente torus explained
In differential geometry, a Wente torus is an immersed torus in
of constant
mean curvature, discovered by . It is a counterexample to the conjecture of
Heinz Hopf that every
closed,
compact,
constant-mean-curvature surface is a
sphere (though this is true if the surface is
embedded). There are similar examples known for every positive
genus.
References
- The Wente torus, University of Toledo Mathematics Department, retrieved 2013-09-01.
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