Conformal structure of minimal surfaces with finite topology (Q633004)

This represents an excellent communication, showing that a complete, embedded minimal surface in \(\mathbb R^3\) having finite topology and one end is conformal to a one-punctured compact Riemann surface. The authors examine the Weierstrass data of such a surface, and show that the Weierstrass data of every such surface is asymptotic to that of the helicoid. The article provides complete answers to some preexisting open problems in the theory of minimal surfaces.