Complete minimal Möbius strips in \(\mathbb R^n\) and the Björling problem (Q2496753)

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Complete minimal Möbius strips in \(\mathbb R^n\) and the Björling problem
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    Complete minimal Möbius strips in \(\mathbb R^n\) and the Björling problem (English)
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    20 July 2006
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    The main goal of the author is to study the minimal Möbius strips of \(\mathbb{R}^n\) that are complete and of finite total curvature. For this the author formulates at first in a global way the general solution of the Björling problem in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), and uses it to provide a general description free of the period problem for the minimal Möbius strips of \(\mathbb{R}^n\). Then he uses the Björling problem to investigate the complete minimal Möbius strips of finite total curvature in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), showing that any such surface is the solution to a particular Björling problem in which the initial data are expressed as vector trigonometric polynomials. Finally in the excellently written paper the author gives a geometric construction of all complete minimal Möbius strips of finite total curvature in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) that attain equality in the fundamental Gackstatter inequality of the theory.
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    Björling problem
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    finite total curvature
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    Gackstatter inequality
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