On the Gauss map of minimal surfaces immersed in \(R^ n\) (Q5903145)

Given a minimal surface S in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\) we denote by \(\hat S\) the image of S under the Gauss map and by \(\hat K\) the Gauss curvature of \(\hat S.\) It is a natural question to characterize all minimal surfaces whose Gauss images have constant curvature \(\hat K.\) Calabi's results tell us that \(\hat K=2/k\), \(k=1,...,n-1.\) In the present paper minimal surfaces are constructed with the following properties: \(\hat K=1/m\) in \({\mathbb{R}}^{2m+1}\), \(m\in {\mathbb{N}}\); \(\hat K=2/(2m-1)\) in \({\mathbb{R}}^{2m}\), \(m\geq 5\); \(\hat K=2/m\) in \({\mathbb{R}}^{m+3}\), \(m=3,5,7\).