The geometry of finite topology Bryant surfaces quasi-embedded in a hyperbolic manifold (Q1424001)

The Bryant (mean curvature one) surfaces \(M\) are considered, which are properly immersed in a hyperbolic manifold \(N^3\). The main result of this paper is that Bryant surfaces with finite topology properly embedded in \(N^3\) have finite total curvature. It is proven that each end of the lift of \(M\) to the universal cover \(H^3\) is an annulus. In [Ann. Math. (2), No. 3, 623--659 (2001; Zbl 1066.53019)] \textit{P. Collin}, \textit{L. Hauswirth} and \textit{H. Rosenberg} showed that such an end is regular, asymptotic to a catenoid cousin and has finite total curvature. Now this result is extended to a larger class. Namely, an \(M\) above is said to be quasi-embedded if there exists a compact domain \(K\) such that \(M\) is properly embedded outside \(K\) and \(M-K\) separates \(N^3- K\) in a collection of connected components (\((W_k)_{1\leq k\leq n}\); and each \(W_k\) can be oriented so that the orientation of \(M\cap\partial W_k\) is by the mean curvature vector of \(M\). In this class the geometry of the ends is described and it is proven that a quasi-embedded Bryant surface has finite total curvature. Many examples of these surfaces are given. Their end structure is modelled on the quotient of a ruled Bryant catenoid end by a parabolic isometry.