A quasiconformal Hopf soap bubble theorem

DOI10.1007/S00526-022-02222-7zbMATH Open1502.53013arXiv2103.12665OpenAlexW3137830738WikidataQ113904939 ScholiaQ113904939MaRDI QIDQ2135753FDOQ2135753

Authors: José A. Gálvez, Pablo Mira, Marcos P. Tassi 

Publication date: 9 May 2022

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that any compact surface of genus zero in Euclidean 3-space that satisfies a quasiconformal inequality between its principal curvatures is a round sphere. This solves an old open problem by H. Hopf, and gives a spherical version of Simon's quasiconformal Bernstein theorem. The result generalizes, among others, Hopf's theorem for constant mean curvature spheres, the classification of round spheres as the only compact elliptic Weingarten surfaces of genus zero, and the uniqueness theorem for ovaloids by Han, Nadirashvili and Yuan. The proof relies on the Bers-Nirenberg representation of solutions to linear elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.12665

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zbMATH Keywords

principal curvaturesconstant mean curvature spheresgenus zerocompact elliptic Weingarten surfacesquasiconformal inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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