<p>We derive an <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="526_2025_2948_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="32" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(H^{-1}\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mi>H</mi> <mrow> <mo>-</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-gradient flow of the elastic energy which preserves the enclosed area of evolving planar curves. For this new sixth-order evolution equation, we prove a global existence result. Additionally, by penalizing the length, we show convergence to an area constrained critical point of the elastic energy.</p>
Dynamics of elastic wires: preserving area without nonlocality
We derive an \(H^{-1}\)-gradient flow of the elastic energy which preserves the enclosed area of evolving planar curves. For this new sixth-order evolution equation, we prove a global existence result. Additionally, by penalizing the length, we show convergence to an area constrained critical point of the elastic energy.