Nonexistence of certain complete minimal surfaces with planar ends (Q1567115)
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Nonexistence of certain complete minimal surfaces with planar ends (English)
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3 September 2001
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Riemann's examples of minimal surfaces are complete periodic surfaces whose fundamental domain is an annulus bounded by two parallel lines. The authors prove that for a minimal immersion of finite total cuvature from a compact Riemann surface minus a finite number of points and two disks into Euclidean space \(\mathbb R^3\) included in a slab and bounded by two lines, these lines must be parallel. This result generalizes results by \textit{D. Hoffman, H. Karcher} and \textit{H. Rosenberg} [Comment. Math. Helv. 66, 599-617 (1991; Zbl 0765.53004)] and of \textit{E. Toubiana} [Comment. Math. Helv. 67, 546-570 (1992; Zbl 0787.53005)]. In obtaining the result, the authors analyze the flux along a closed curve surrounding the planar ends of the surface. With a similar argument, they study the behavior of the Gauss map of a complete embedded minimal surface of finite total curvature around a planar end. In this situation, if the Gauss map has order two in a planar end, it cannot admit a one-to-one orthogonal projection onto any line of a planar end.
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minimal surface
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flux
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Gauss map
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Riemann minimal surface
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