The equivariant Dehn's lemma and loop theorem

DOI10.1007/BF02566211zbMath0469.57005WikidataQ124796629 ScholiaQ124796629MaRDI QIDQ1157051

William Hamilton III Meeks, Shing Tung Yau

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/139868

zbMATH Keywords

equivariant Dehn's lemma for disks; equivariant Dehn's lemma for planar domains; equivariant loop theorem; least area mappings from compact planar domains into a three dimensional oriented convex manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49Q05: Minimal surfaces and optimization

53C42: Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.)

57S17: Finite transformation groups

58E12: Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables)

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