Abstract
We give a geometric interpretation for the Euler-Lagrange equation for the Möbius cross energy of (nontrivially linked) 2-component links in the euclidean 3-space. The minimizer of this energy is conjectured to be a Hopf link of 2 round circles. We prove some elementary properties of the minimizers using the Euler-Lagrange equations. In particular, we give a rigorous proof of the fact that the minimizer is topologically a Hopf link.
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