Closed special Weingarten surfaces in the standard three sphere (Q2655741)

In [Invent. Math. 11, 183--187 (1970; Zbl 0205.52002)] \textit{H. B. Lawson, jun.} conjectured the following: Let \(\Sigma\) be a compact surface of genus one minimally embedded in the standard 3-sphere \(\mathbb{S}^3\). Then, there exists an isometry \(F\); \(\mathbb{S}^3\to\mathbb{S}^3\) so that \(F(\Sigma)\) is the Clifford torus \(\mathbb{S}^1(r)\times \mathbb{S}^1(r)\), with \(r= \sqrt{1/2}\). In this paper it is tried to establish a Lawson's type conjecture to a particular class of special Weingarten surfaces. By definition, a surface \(\Sigma\) is said to be a special Weingarten surface if there exists a continuous function \(f: [0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}\) that is real analytic in \((0,\infty)\) and gives a functional relation \(H= f(H^2- K)\) between the mean curvature \(H\) and the Gauss-Kronecker curvature \(K\) of \(\Sigma\). There are studied special Weingarten surfaces \(\Sigma\subset\mathbb{S}^3\) that are invariant by their associated Gauss map \(X^*: \Sigma\to\mathbb{S}^3\). This means that both \(\Sigma\) and \(\Sigma^*= X^*(u)\) satisfy the above equation. These surfaces will be called special Weingarten surfaces of minimal type in \(\mathbb{S}^3\). The following theorems are proved. 1. In each class of special Weingarten surfaces of minimal type in \(\mathbb{S}^3\) there exists an infinite number of compact surfaces of genus one immersed in \(\mathbb{S}^3\). 2. Let \(c\in(0,1)\) and \(\alpha= (1+c)/(1-c)\). In each class of Weingarten surfaces of minimal type in \(\mathbb{S}^3\), given by the function \(f(x)= c\sqrt{x}\), the flat torus \(\mathbb{S}^1(\sqrt{\alpha/(\alpha+ 1)}\times \mathbb{S}^1(\sqrt{1/(\alpha+ 1)}\) is the only compact surface of genus one that is embedded in the 3-sphere \(\mathbb{S}^3\).