Geometry of complete minimal surfaces at infinity and the Willmore index of their inversions (Q6588091)

Complete minimal surfaces \(\Sigma\) in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) with finite total curvature and embedded planar ends provide examples of stationary surfaces of the Willmore energy \(W(\Sigma)=\frac14\int_\Sigma|\vec{H}|^2\), after conformal compactification via inversion. In codimension one, and assuming that \(\Sigma\) is a sphere or a real projective plane with \(m\) ends, the authors prove that the Morse index is \(m-3=\frac{W(\Sigma)}{4\pi}-3\).