Caio B. Rodrigues

Bifurcations of the Clifford Torus as Willmore Surfaces in Berger Spheres

The Clifford torus in a Berger sphere with parameter $\tau$ is a critical point of the Willmore functional for every $\tau>0$, yielding a smooth path of Willmore surfaces. By estimating the Morse index along this path, we apply bifurcation theory to produce new symmetric Willmore tori emerging from the Clifford torus.