The embedded Calabi-Yau conjecture for finite genus (Q2052357): Difference between revisions

The paper is an important step in the study of the \textit{embedded Calabi-Yau conjecture for finite genus} which states: every connected, complete embedded minimal surface \(M\subset\mathbb{R}^3\) of finite genus and compact (possibly empty) boundary is properly embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). Among special cases of the conjecture, if \(M\) has finite topology, see for exemple [\textit{T. H. Colding} and \textit{W. P. Minicozzi}, Ann. Math. (2) 167, No. 1, 211--243 (2008; Zbl 1142.53012)] or if \(M\) has positive injectivity radius [\textit{W. H. Meeks III} and \textit{H. Rosenberg}, Duke Math. J. 133, No. 3, 467--497 (2006; Zbl 1098.53007)]. The authors consider an \(M\) as in the conjecture above with an infinite number of ends. They show that a simple limit end of \(M\) has a properly embedded representative with compact boundary and genus zero and they give detailed information on its geometry. They derive that if \(M\) has at least 2 simple limit ends, it has exactly 2 simple limit ends. They prove that \(M\) is properly embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) if and only if it has a countable number of limit ends; and they show that in that case, \(M\) has actually at most 2 limit ends.