Min-max minimal hypersurface in manifolds with convex boundary and Ric 0

DOI10.1007/S00208-018-1682-ZMaRDI QIDQ1659929zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zhichao Wang

Publication date 23 August 2018

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03672

zbMATH Keywords

convex boundaryminimal hypersurfaceRicci curvaturesweepout

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Let $(M^{n+1},partialM,g)$ be a compact manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature, convex boundary and $2leqnleq6$. We show that the min-max minimal hypersurface with respect to one-parameter families of hypersurfaces in $(M,partialM)$ is orientable, of index one and multiplicity one.

Review text

Let \((M^{n+1},\partial M,g)\) be a compact manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature, convex boundary and \(2\leq n\leq 6\). The main result (proven in Section~7) is that the min-max minimal hypersurface with respect to one-parameter families of hypersurfaces in \((M,\partial M)\) is orientable, of index one and multiplicity one. The goal of Section 2 is two free variation formulae, which are used to show the existence of good neighborhoods of free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. In Section~3, the author construct sweepouts from any free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in the continuous settings. A generalized smooth family \(\{\Sigma_t\}_{t\in[0,1]}\) is called a \textit{sweepout} of \((M, \partial M, T )\) [\textit{C. De Lellis} and \textit{J. Ramic}, Ann. Inst. Fourier 68, No. 5, 1909--1986 (2018; Zbl 1408.53079)] if there exists a family of relative open sets \(\{\Omega_t\}_{t\in[0,1]}\) such that sw1:~\((\Sigma_t\setminus \partial\Omega_t)\subset P_t\) for any \(t\in[0, 1]\); sw2:~\(\text{Volume}(\Omega_t\setminus\Omega_s) +\text{Volume}(\Omega_s\setminus\Omega_t)\to0\) as \(s\to t\); sw3:~\(\Omega_1 = M,\;\Sigma_0 = T,\;\Sigma_t\cap T = \emptyset\) for \(t > 0\), and \(\{\Sigma_t\}_{t\in[0,\epsilon]}\) is a smooth foliation of a neighborhood of \(T\) for some small \(\epsilon > 0\), i.e., there exists a Morse function \(r\geq0\) with \(\Sigma_t = r^{-1}(t)\) for \(t\in[0, \epsilon]\). Section~4 represents the Almgren-Pitts min-max theory for compact manifolds with boundary, developed in [\textit{A. Ros}, J. Differ. Geom. 74, No. 1, 69--92 (2006; Zbl 1110.53009)]. In~Section~5, the sweepouts from Section 3 are discretized to be continuous in the mass norm. Then it is shown that all discretized sweepouts are in the homotopy class corresponding to the fundamental class. The~multiplicity and orientation of the min-max hypersurfaces are characterized in Section~6.

Recommendations

• Min-max theory for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. I: Regularity theory
• Min-max theory for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. II: General Morse index bounds and applications
• Compactness analysis for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces
• Min-max minimal hypersurfaces with obstacle
• A maximum principle for free boundary minimal varieties of arbitrary codimension
• Existence of minimal hypersurfaces with non-empty free boundary for generic metrics
• Existence of minimal hypersurfaces in complete manifolds of finite volume
• Min-Max theory for minimal hypersurfaces with boundary
• Compactness of the space of embedded minimal surfaces with free boundary in three-manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and convex boundary
• A compactness theorem of the space of free boundary \(f\)-minimal surfaces in three-dimensional smooth metric measure space with boundary

Cites work

• Compactness analysis for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces
• Compactness of the space of embedded minimal surfaces with free boundary in three-manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and convex boundary
• Comparing the Morse index and the first Betti number of minimal hypersurfaces
• Currents and flat chains associated to varifolds, with an application to mean curvature flow
• Existence and regularity of minimal surfaces on Riemannian manifolds
• Existence of infinitely many minimal hypersurfaces in positive Ricci curvature
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3870089 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3996502 (Why is no real title available?)
• Index estimates for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces
• Min-max hypersurface in manifold of positive Ricci curvature
• Min-max minimal hypersurface in \((M^{n+1}, g)\) with \(\mathrm{Ric} > 0\) and \(2 \leq n \leq 6\)
• Min-max theory and the Willmore conjecture
• Min-Max theory for minimal hypersurfaces with boundary
• Minimal hypersurfaces of least area
• Minimal Surfaces with Low Index in the Three-Dimensional Sphere
• Morse index and multiplicity of \(\min\text{-}\max\) minimal hypersurfaces
• On the topology and index of minimal surfaces
• One-sided complete stable minimal surfaces
• Regularity of stable minimal hypersurfaces
• Riemannian Geometry
• Rigidity of min-max minimal spheres in three-manifolds
• The homotopy groups of the integral cycle groups

Cited in

(8)

• Min-max minimal hypersurface in \((M^{n+1}, g)\) with \(\mathrm{Ric} > 0\) and \(2 \leq n \leq 6\)
• Mean curvature in manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below
• Min-max minimal hypersurfaces in non-compact manifolds
• Minimal disks and two-convex hypersurfaces
• Min-max hypersurface in manifold of positive Ricci curvature
• Uryson width of three dimensional mean convex domain with non-negative Ricci curvature
• Equivariant min-max hypersurface in \(G\)-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature
• Free boundary minimal disks in convex balls

This page was built for publication: Min-max minimal hypersurface in manifolds with convex boundary and \({\mathrm {Ric}}\geq 0\)

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1659929)