Topology of three dimensional manifolds and the embedding problems in minimal surface theory

DOI10.2307/1971088zbMath0458.57007OpenAlexW2326413593WikidataQ56519611 ScholiaQ56519611MaRDI QIDQ1151636

Shing Tung Yau, William Hamilton III Meeks

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1971088

zbMATH Keywords

finite group actionsphere theoremloop theorem3 dimensional Riemannian manifoldharmonic mapping of least areanumber of free homotopy classes of mappings having Dirichlet integral not exceeding a fixed numberorientation preserving diffeomorphism of finite order of 3- space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds (57N35) Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

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