The equivariant Dehn's lemma and loop theorem

DOI10.1007/BF02566211zbMath0469.57005OpenAlexW1969685621WikidataQ124796629 ScholiaQ124796629MaRDI QIDQ1157051

Shing Tung Yau, William Hamilton III Meeks

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/139868

zbMATH Keywords

equivariant Dehn's lemma for disksequivariant Dehn's lemma for planar domainsequivariant loop theoremleast area mappings from compact planar domains into a three dimensional oriented convex manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Finite transformation groups (57S17) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

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