Asymptotic Plateau problem for two contours

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A Jordan curve \(\Gamma \subset S^{2}\) is called star-shaped if the two components \(\Omega_{\pm}\) of \(S^{2}\setminus \Gamma\) are all star-shaped domains. Moreover, \(\Gamma\) is rectifiable if its length is finite with respect to the spherical metric on \(S^{2}\). (Note that this notion is invariant under Möbius transformations.)\N\NThe main result of the paper is the following:\N\NTheorem. Let \(\Gamma_{1}\) and \(\Gamma_{2}\) be disjoint rectifiable star-shaped Jordan curves in \(S^{2}\). There exists an explicit universal constant \(C \sim 0.876895\) such that if the distance between \(\Gamma_{1}\) and \(\Gamma_{2}\) is bounded above by \(C\), then there exists an embedded annulus-type area minimizing surface in \(\mathbb{H}^{3}\), which is asymptotic to \(\Gamma_{1}\cup \Gamma_{2}\). Moreover the upper bound is optimal in the sense that if there is a connected area minimizing surface in \(\mathbb{H}^{3}\) asymptotic to two disjoint round circles in \(S^{2}\), then the distance between the circles is \(\leq C\).



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