On the Gauss maps of complete minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^N\) (Q6579959)

It is a classical research subject to investigate the number of exceptional values of the Gauss maps of nonflat complete minimal surfaces in Euclidean three-space in relation to the value distributions of meromorphic functions. After \textit{H. Fujimoto}'s complete result in [J. Math. Soc. Japan 35, 279--288 (1983; Zbl 0495.53004)], the maximal number is \(4\). A similar problem for the higher-codimensional case can be considered as well. In 1983, H. Fujimoto [loc. cit.] proved the following theorem:\N\NTheorem. If the generalized Gauss map of a nonflat complete minimal surface in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) is nondegenerate, it can omit at most \(q = n^2\) hyperplanes in \(\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^{n-1}\) in general position.\N\N\textit{H. Fujimoto} himself [J. Differ. Geom. 31, No. 2, 365--385 (1990; Zbl 0719.53005)] later reduced the number of hyperplanes in the above statement to \(q = \frac{1}{2}n(n + 1)\) and proved that this number is sharp. \textit{M. Ru} [J. Differ. Geom. 34, No. 2, 411--423 (1991; Zbl 0733.53005)] was then able to remove the nondegeneracy assumption of the generalized Gauss map in Fujimoto's result.\N\NIn the paper under review, the author generalizes the Fujimoto-Ru result to a generic higher degree hypersurface instead of a hyperplane.\N\NTheorem. Let \(M\) be a nonflat complete minimal surface immersed in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and let \(G: M \to \mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^{n-1}\) be its generalized Gauss map. Then \(G\) can avoid a generic hypersurface \(D \subset \mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^{n-1}\) of degree at most\N\[\Nd = n^{n+2}(n + 1)^{n+2}.\N\]\NThe author uses recent progress regarding the Kobayashi hyperbolicity of the complements of general hypersurfaces of high degree, as developed in [\textit{G. Bérczi}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 118, No. 5, 1057--1083 (2019; Zbl 1420.32013); \textit{D. Brotbek} and \textit{Y. Deng}, Geom. Funct. Anal. 29, No. 3, 690--750 (2019; Zbl 1452.32034); \textit{L. Darondeau}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 2016, No. 6, 1871--1923 (2016; Zbl 1338.32023); \textit{J.-P. Demailly}, Acta Math. Vietnam. 37, No. 4, 441--512 (2012; Zbl 1264.32022); \textit{J.-P. Demailly}, Jpn. J. Math. (3) 15, No. 1, 1--120 (2020; Zbl 1436.32086); \textit{S. Diverio} et al., Invent. Math. 180, No. 1, 161--223 (2010; Zbl 1192.32014); \textit{D. T. Huynh} et al., Ann. Inst. Fourier 69, No. 2, 653--671 (2019; Zbl 1432.32016); \textit{Y.-T. Siu}, Invent. Math. 202, No. 3, 1069--1166 (2015; Zbl 1333.32020)].