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Normal form of volume functional about a minimal surface
Let $S$ be a closed manifold and $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold. Minimal submanifolds are by definition the critical points of the volume functional
$$F: \mathcal{Imm}(S,M) \to \mathbb{R} \qquad \...