Tobias Ekholm, Brian White, Daniel Wienholtz
This paper proves that classical minimal surfaces of arbitrary topological type with total boundary curvature at most 4πmust be smoothly embedded. Related results are proved for varifolds and for soap film surfaces.
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Let $α$ be a polygonal Jordan curve in $\bfR^3$. We show that if $α$ satisfies certain conditions, then the least-area Douglas-Radó disk in $\bfR^3$ with boundary $α$ is unique and is a smooth graph. As our conditions on $α$ are not included amongst previously known conditions for embeddedness, we are enlarging the set of Jordan curves in $\bfR^3$ which are known to be spanned by an embedded least-area disk. As an application, we consider the conjugate surface construction method for minimal surfaces. With our result we can apply this method to a wider range of complete catenoid-ended minimal …
E. Calabi and J. Cao showed that a closed geodesic of least length in a two-sphere with nonnegative curvature is always simple. Using min-max theory, we prove that for some higher dimensions, this result holds without assumptions on the curvature. More precisely, in a closed $(n+1)$-manifold with $2 \leq n \leq 6$, a least area closed minimal hypersurface exists and any such hypersurface is embedded. As an application, we give a short proof of the fact that if a closed three-manifold $M$ has scalar curvature at least $6$ and is not isometric to the round three-sphere, then $M$ contains an embe…
We find a 2-parameter family of deformations in R^4_1 of the classical Chen-Gackstatter surface explicitly, and show the existence of a larger 4-parameter family of deformations. Each of them still has genus one, a unique end, with total Gaussian curvature $-\int K=8π$. On the other hand, a uniqueness theorem is obtained when we assume that the surface has more than 4 symmetries. The problem of embeddedness is also discussed with some partial results.
We give a topological classification of Lawson's bipolar minimal surfaces corresponding to his $ξ$- and $η$-family. Therefrom we deduce upper as well as lower bounds on the area of these surfaces, and find that they are not embedded.
We prove the three embeddedness results as follows. $({\rm i})$ Let $Γ_{2m+1}$ be a piecewise geodesic Jordan curve with $2m+1$ vertices in $\mathbb{R}^n$, where $m$ is an integer $\geq2$. Then the total curvature of $Γ_{2m+1}<2mπ$. In particular, the total curvature of $Γ_5<4π$ and thus any minimal surface $Σ\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ bounded by $Γ_5$ is embedded. Let $Γ_5$ be a piecewise geodesic Jordan curve with $5$ vertices in $\mathbb{H}^n$. Then any minimal surface $Σ\subset \mathbb{H}^n$ bounded by $Γ_5$ is embedded. If $Γ_5$ is in a geodesic ball of radius $\fracπ{4}$ in $\mathbb{S}^n_+$, …
We prove that on a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $3$ or higher, with positive Ricci curvature, the Allen--Cahn min-max scheme (implemented by the first author and N. Wickramasekera in 2020), with prescribing function taken to be a non-zero constant $λ$, produces an embedded hypersurface of constant mean curvature $λ$ ($λ$-CMC). More precisely, we prove that the interface arising from said min-max contains no even-multiplicity minimal hypersurface and no quasi-embedded points (both of these occurrences are in principle possible in the conclusions of the aforementioned work by the fir…
Gluing Karcher-Scherk saddle towers II: Singly periodic minimal surfaces
本文通过沿翼面粘合单周期 Karcher-Scherk 鞍塔构造具有 Scherk 端的单周期极小曲面，规定相位差获得无水平反射平面的新实例，并仔细分析轻微弯曲以纠正近期关于平行 Scherk 端嵌入性的错误，确定曲面确实嵌入的场景。
We prove that if $ϕ\colon \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^{1+2}$ is a smooth proper timelike immersion with vanishing mean curvature, then necessarily $ϕ$ is an embedding, and every compact subset of $ϕ(\mathbb{R}^2)$ is a smooth graph. It follows that if one evolves any smooth self-intersecting spacelike curve (or any planar spacelike curve whose unit tangent vector spans a closed semi-circle) so as to trace a timelike surface of vanishing mean curvature in $\mathbb{R}^{1+2}$, then the evolving surface will either fail to remain timelike, or it will fail to remain smooth. We show that, even allow…
We give a generalization of Meeks-Yau's celebrated embeddedness result for the solutions of the Plateau problem for extreme curves.
In this paper we refine the construction and related estimates for complete Constant Mean Curvature surfaces in Euclidean three-space developed in Kapouleas (1990) by adopting the more precise and powerful version of the methodology which was developed in Kapouleas (1995). As a consequence we remove the severe restrictions in establishing embeddedness for complete Constant Mean Curvature surfaces in Kapouleas (1990) and we produce a very large class of new embedded examples of finite topology.
We prove the existence of a family of embedded doubly periodic minimal surfaces of (quotient) genus $g$ with orthogonal ends that generalizes the classical doubly periodic surface of Scherk and the genus-one Scherk surface of Karcher. The proof of the family of immersed surfaces is by induction on genus, while the proof of embeddedness is by the conjugate Plateau method.
We add two new 1-parameter families to the short list of known embedded triply periodic minimal surfaces of genus 4 in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Both surfaces can be tiled by minimal pentagons with two straight segments and three planar symmetry curves as boundary. In one case (which has the appearance of the CLP surface of Schwarz with an added handle) the two straight segments are parallel, while they are orthogonal in the second case. The second family has as one limit the Costa surface, showing that this limit can occur for triply periodic minimal surfaces. For the existence proof we solve the 1-dim…
In this paper we prove rigidity results for two-dimensional, closed, immersed, non-necessarily convex, self-similar solutions of a wide class of fully non-linear parabolic flows in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We show this self-similar solutions are the round spheres centered at the origin provided it has genus zero and satisfies a suitable upper pinching estimate for the Gaussian curvature. As applications, we obtain rigidity results for the round sphere as the only closed, immersed, genus zero, self-similar solution of several well known flows, as the flow of the powers of mean curvature, the harmonic me…
In this paper, we show that a complete embedded minimal surface in $\Real^3$ with finite topology and one end is conformal to a once-punctured compact Riemann surface. Moreover, using the conformality and embeddedness, we examine the Weierstrass data and conclude that every such surface has Weierstrass data asymptotic to that of the helicoid. More precisely, if $g$ is the stereographic projection of the Gauss map, then in a neighborhood of the puncture, $g(p) = \exp(iαz(p) + F(p))$, where $α\in \Real$, $z=x_3+ix_3^*$ is a holomorphic coordinate defined in this neighborhood and $F(p)$ is holomo…
In 1996 M. Traizet obtained singly periodic minimal surfaces with Scherk ends of arbitrary genus by desingularizing a set of vertical planes at their intersections. However, in Traizet's work it is not allowed that three or more planes intersect at the same line. In our paper, by a {\it saddle-tower} we call the desingularization of such ``forbidden'' planes into an embedded singly periodic minimal surface. We give explicit examples of genus two and discuss some advances regarding this problem. Moreover, our examples are the first ones containing {\it Gaussian geodesics}, and for the first tim…
Conjugate Plateau constructions in product spaces
本文从几何角度综述 Daniel 的等距共轭，并重新审视齐次乘积空间中不同平均曲率值的常平均曲率曲面构造，附有数值图像。
A Sharp Lower Bound for Integral Menger Curvature
该研究证明了积分门格尔曲率的严格下界，确定圆是给定长度嵌入闭C¹曲线的唯一极小化者，推广结果至p>3的闭可求长曲线，回答了M_p检测未打结纽结的相关问题。
Minimal Surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ with Three Planar Ends I: Holomorphicity and Uniqueness
本文利用广义 Weierstrass 表示，研究 $\mathbb{R}^4$ 中具有三个嵌入平面端的完备极小曲面，证明了亏格为 1 时曲面的 $J$-全纯性与唯一性，并给出了高亏格下的不存在性结果。
Singular minimal surfaces with constant curvature
本文证明了常高斯曲率的奇异极小曲面仅为平面、球面和圆柱面，并进一步分类了常主曲率和常平均曲率的奇异极小曲面。
Minimal hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{S}^5$ with constant scalar curvature and zero Gauss curvature are totally geodesic
本文证明五维球面中常数量曲率且零高斯曲率的闭极小超曲面必为全测地超曲面。
Li-Yau inequalities for the Helfrich functional and applications
本文针对 Helfrich 泛函建立含自发曲率奇异体积项的一般 Li-Yau 不等式，并据此在球面 Canham-Helfrich 模型中证明低能量下光滑嵌入极小元的存在性。
We discuss recent results on minimal surfaces and mean curvature flow, focusing on the classification and structure of embedded minimal surfaces and the stable singularities of mean curvature flow. This article is dedicated to Rick Schoen.
We establish a curvature estimate for classical minimal surfaces with total boundary curvature less than 4π. The main application is a bound on the genus of these surfaces depending solely on the geometry of the boundary curve. We also prove that the set of simple closed curves with total curvature less than 4πand which do not bound an orientable compact embedded minimal surface of genus greater than g, for any given g, is open in the C^{2,α} topology.
We investigate the structure of 3-dimensional complete minimal hypersurfaces in the unit sphere with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero.
We investigate complete minimal hypersurfaces in the Euclidean space $% \ {R}^{4}$, with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero. We prove that, if $f:M^{3}\to {R}^{4}$ is a complete minimal hypersurface with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero, nowhere vanishing second fundamental form and scalar curvature bounded from below, then $f(M^{3})$ splits as a Euclidean product $L^{2}\times {R}$, where $L^{2}$ is a complete minimal surface in $ {R}^{3}$ with Gaussian curvature bounded from below.
We construct a complete, embedded minimal surface in euclidean 3-space which has unbounded Gaussian curvature. It has infinite genus, infinitely many catenoidal type ends and one limit end.
In this short note, we use classic computations for Kähler-Ricci flow to achieve scalar curvature bound for minimal manifold of general type.
We present conditions on the Ricci curvature for complete, oriented, minimal submanifolds of Euclidean space, as well as the standard unit sphere, when the Gauss maps are bounded embeddings.
We show that a compact embedded minimal or constant mean curvature annulus with non-vanishing Gaussian curvature which is tangent to two spheres of same radius or tangent to a sphere and meeting a plane in constant contact angle is rotational.
We establish a nice orthonormal frame field on a closed surface minimally immersed in a unit sphere $S^{n}$, under which the shape operators take very simple forms. Using this frame field, we obtain an interesting property $K+K^{N}=1$ for the Gauss curvature $K$ and the normal curvature $K^{N}$ if the Gauss curvature is positive. Moreover, using this property we obtain the pinching on the intrinsic curvature and normal curvature, the pinching on the normal curvature, respectively.
The goal of this article is to study minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{M}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$ having finite total curvature, where $\mathbb{M}^2$ is a Hadamard manifold. The main result gives a formula to compute the total curvature in terms of topological, geometrical and conformal data of the minimal surface. In particular, we prove the total curvature is an integral multiple of $2π$.
We obtain an optimal estimate for the extrinsic curvature of an entire minimal graph in $\H^2\times\R$, $\H^2$ the hyperbolic plane.
In this paper, we consider complete non-catenoidal minimal surfaces of finite total curvature with two ends. A family of such minimal surfaces with least total absolute curvature is given. Moreover, we obtain a uniqueness theorem for this family from its symmetries.
In this paper we present a local description for complete minimal hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{S}^5$ with zero Gauss-Kronecker curvature, zero $3$-mean curvature and nowhere zero second fundamental form.
We give an estimate of the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on a complete noncompact stable minimal hypersurface $M$ in a complete simply connected Riemannian manifold with pinched negative sectional curvature. In the same ambient space, we prove that if a complete minimal hypersurface $M$ has sufficiently small total scalar curvature then $M$ has only one end. We also obtain a vanishing theorem for $L^2$ harmonic 1-forms on minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature bounded below by a negative constant. Moreover we provide sufficient conditions for a minim…
Complete minimal hypersurfaces in $\mathbb H^5$ with constant scalar curvature and zero Gauss-Kronecker curvature
本文证明了五维双曲空间 $\mathbb H^5$ 中具有常数量曲率和零 Gauss-Kronecker 曲率的完备极小超曲面必定全测地，从而在五维情形下部分证实了 Cheng-Peng 关于 $\mathbb H^4$ 的相关猜想。
We show that the image of a nonconstant conformal harmonic map $\mathbb C\to \mathbb R^3$, not necessarily proper and possibly with branch points, intersects every properly embedded nonflat minimal surface of bounded curvature in $\mathbb R^3$. The same holds if $\mathbb C$ is replaced by any open conformal surface without nonconstant bounded subharmonic functions.
Laurent Hauswirth and Harold Rosenberg developed the theory of minimal surfaces with finite total curvature in $\H^2\times\R$. They showed that the total curvature of one such a surface must be a non-negative integer multiple of $-2π$. The first examples appearing in this context are vertical geodesic planes and Scherk minimal graphs over ideal polygonal domains. Other non simply-connected examples have been constructed recently. In the present paper, we show that the only complete minimal surfaces in $\H^2\times\R$ of total curvature $-2π$ are Scherk minimal graphs over ideal quadrilaterals. …
In the 3-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space we prove that the sign of the Gaussian curvature of any timelike minimal surface is determined by the degeneracy and the orientations of the two null curves that generate the surface. Moreover, we also investigate the behavior of the Gaussian curvature near singular points of a timelike minimal surface which admits some kind of singular points.
Explicit Minimal Surface Models in $\mathbb{R}^5$ via Holomorphic Null Curves
本文通过全纯零曲线在R⁵中构造显式最小浸入模型，强调显式公式和积分自由构造，讨论了多项式种子的极坐标和笛卡尔展开及其几何信息。
We obtain new curvature estimates and Bernstein type results for minimal $n-$submanifolds in $\ir{n+m},\, m\ge 2$ under the condition that the rank of its Gauss map is at most 2. In particular, this applies to minimal surfaces in Euclidean spaces of arbitrary codimension.
We give an estimate of the Gauss curvature for minimal surfaces in ${\mathbb R}^m$ whose Gauss map omits more than $m(m+1)/2$ hyperplanes in ${\mathbb P}^{m-1}({\mathbb C})$.
In this short note, we prove the existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics on compact Kähler manifolds with semi-ample canonical bundles.
Geometry of conformal minimal two-spheres immersed in $G(2,6;\mathbb{R})$ is studied in this paper by harmonic maps. We construct a non-homogeneous constant curved minimal two-sphere in $G(2,6;\mathbb{R})$, and give a classification theorem of linearly full conformal minimal immersions of constant curvature from $S^2$ to $G(2,6;\mathbb{R})$, or equivalently, a complex hyperquadric $Q_{4}$, which illustrates minimal two-spheres of constant curvature in $Q_{4}$ are in general not congruent.
Scalar curvature constraints can be studied by means of splitting procedures. The success of this strategy depends on the control we can get on its splitting factors. We introduce canonical so-called minimal splitting factors. They have positive scalar curvature while other properties strongly resemble those of area minimizing hypersurfaces. This includes the presence of Poincare, Sobolev and isoperimetric inequalities and the fact that singular points admit tangent cones but now with positive scalar curvature.
A submanifold $M^m$ of a Euclidean space $R^{m+p}$ is said to have harmonic mean curvature vector field if $Δ\vec{H}=0$, where $\vec{H}$ is the mean curvature vector field of $M\hookrightarrow R^{m+p}$ and $Δ$ is the rough Laplacian on $M$. There is a conjecture named after Bangyen Chen which states that submanifolds of Euclidean spaces with harmonic mean curvature vector fields are minimal. In this paper we prove that weakly convex hypersurfaces (i.e. hypersurfaces whose principle curvatures are nonnegative) with harmonic mean curvature vector fields in Euclidean spaces are minimal. Furthermo…
We show that compact Riemannian three-manifolds with negative sectional curvature possess closed minimal surfaces of arbitrarily high Morse index.
We give a partial local description of minimal hypersurfaces $M^3$ with identically zero Gauß-Kronecker curvature function in the unit 4-sphere $\Bbb{S}^4(1)$, without assumption on the compactness of $M^3$.
We construct minimal laminations with prescribed singularities on a line segment using perturbation techniques and PDE methods. In addition to the singular set, the rate of curvature blowup is also prescribable in our construction, and we show that all curvature blowup rates between quadratic and quartic arise. Our result generalizes an earlier result of the author and of Hoffman and White.
We prove a phenomenon of concentration of total curvature for stable minimal surfaces in the product space H^2xR; where H^2 is the hyperbolic plane. Under some geometric conditions on the asymptotic boundary of an oriented stable minimal surface immersed in H^2xR, it has infinite total curvature. In particular, we infer that a minimal graph M in H^2xR whose asymptotic boundary is a graph over an arc of the asymptotic boundary of H^2, different from the asymptotic boundary of the boundary of M, has infinite total curvature. Consequently, if M is a stable minimal surface immersed into H^2xR with…
A construction of constant mean curvature surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}$ and the Krust property
本文构造了 $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}$ 中一族常平均曲率曲面，推广了鞍形塔和 $k$-noids，并证明 Krust 性质对任何 $H>0$ 不成立。
We use elementary methods to construct a minimal lamination of the interior of a positive cone in R3.
Complete minimal hypersurfaces in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^4$ with vanishing Gauss-Kronecker curvature
本文研究双曲空间$\mathbb{H}^4$中Gauss-Kronecker曲率恒为零的3维完备极小超曲面，并在第二基本形式处处非零、数量曲率有下界的条件下给出分类。
In this paper, we prove that minimal hypersurfaces when $n\geq 3$ and nonzero constant mean curvature hypersurfaces when $n\geq2$ foliated by spheres in parallel horizontal hyperplanes in ${\mathbb{H}}^n \times \mathbb{R}$ must be rotationally symmetric.
We derive curvature estimates for minimal submanifolds in Euclidean space for arbitrary dimension and codimension via Gauss map. Thus, Schoen-Simon-Yau's results and Ecker-Huisken's results are generalized to higher codimension. In this way we improve Hildebrandt-Jost-Widman's result for the Bernstein type theorem.
Ancient mean curvature flows from minimal hypersurfaces
本文研究了从不稳定极小超曲面出发的古老均曲率流，构造了与Morse指数相关的I维嵌入解。
Minimal reflection surfaces in $\mathbb S^3.$ Combinatorics of curvature lines and minimal surfaces based on fundamental pentagons
本文研究三维球面中由极小 $n$ 边形逐次反射生成的紧极小反射曲面，分析其曲率线组合结构，并基于五边形构造新实例及讨论面积。
Gaussian curvature conjecture for minimal graphs
本文通过将单位圆盘上极小图的Gaussian曲率猜想归结为内接双心四边形上Scherk型极小曲面的曲率估计，并利用复分析方法给出尖锐估计，最终证明了该长期未决的猜想。
We prove that a minimal oriented stable annular end in H^2 x R whose asymptotic boundary is contained in two vertical lines has finite total curvature and converges to a vertical plane. Furthermore, if the end is embedded then it is a horizontal graph.
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