An index characterization of the catenoid and index bounds for minimal surfaces in \(R^ 4\)
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Publication:1819443
DOI10.2140/pjm.1988.134.251zbMath0613.58030MaRDI QIDQ1819443
Publication date: 1988
Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1988.134.251
minimal surface; eigenvalues; Euler characteristic; index; total curvature; catenoid; second variation of area
53A10: Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature
58J20: Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds
58E12: Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables)
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