The number of catenoids connecting two coaxial circles in Lorentz-Minkowski space (Q2407371)

Let \(C_{-h}\) and \(C_h\) be two coaxial Euclidean circles of radius \(r > 0\) with respect to the \(z\)-axis and separated by a distance equal to \(2h\). Denote by \(N(h)\) the number of time-like elliptic catenoids connecting \(C_{-h}\) and \(C_h\). Among other results, the authors prove that \(N(h\)) is a finite number, a non-decreasing function of \(h\). \(N(h)\) tends to \(\infty\) as \(h\) goes to \(\infty\). Moreover, there exists a constant \(c_{0}>0\) such that if \(h/r< c_{0}\), then \(N(h)=1\).