Min-max theory for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. I: Regularity theory

DOI10.4310/JDG/1625860624zbMATH Open1480.53074arXiv1611.02612OpenAlexW3182915890WikidataQ115164262 ScholiaQ115164262MaRDI QIDQ1980705FDOQ1980705

Authors: Martin Man-Chun Li, Xin Zhou 

Publication date: 8 September 2021

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In 1960s, Almgren initiated a program to find minimal hypersurfaces in compact manifolds using min-max method. This program was largely advanced by Pitts and Schoen-Simon in 1980s when the manifold has no boundary. In this paper, we finish this program for general compact manifold with nonempty boundary. As a result, we prove the existence of a smooth embedded minimal hypersurface with free boundary in any compact smooth Euclidean domain. An application of our general existence result combined with the work of Marques and Neves shows that for any compact Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and convex boundary, there exist infinitely many embedded minimal hypersurfaces with free boundary which are properly embedded.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02612

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldscompact manifoldminimal hypersurfacesconvex boundarynonnegative Ricci curvaturemin-max methodembedded minimal hypersurfacenon-empty boundarynon-empty free boundarysmooth Euclidean domain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35)

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