A rigidity theorem for periodic minimal surfaces (Q1290896)

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    A rigidity theorem for periodic minimal surfaces
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1295154

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      A rigidity theorem for periodic minimal surfaces (English)
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      1 November 2000
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      The principal result of this paper is the following: the helicoid is the only properly embedded non rigid minimal surface in \(\mathbb R^3\) that is invariant by an infinite discrete group \(G\) of rigid motions such that the quotient surface in \(\mathbb R^3/G\) has finite topology.
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      minimal surfaces
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      flux
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      helicoid
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