New characterizations of the helicoid in a cylinder

Publication date 14 February 2022

Abstract: This paper characterizes a compact piece of the helicoid

H_{C}

in a solid cylinder

C s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{3}

from the following two perspectives. First, under reasonable conditions,

H_{C}

has the smallest area among all immersed surfaces

S i g m a

with

p a r t i a l S i g m a s u b s e t d_{1} c u p d_{2} c u p S

, where

d_{1}

and

d_{2}

are the diameters of the top and bottom disks of

C

and

S

is the side surface of

C

. Second, other than

H_{C}

, there exists no minimal surface whose boundary consists of

d_{1}

,

d_{2}

, and a pair of extcolor{black}{rotationally symmetric} curves

g a m m a_{1}

,

g a m m a_{2}

on

S

along which it meets

S

orthogonally. We draw the same conclusion when the boundary curves on

S

are a pair of helices of a certain height.

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