Every meromorphic function is the Gauss map of a conformal minimal surface

DOI10.1007/S12220-017-9948-3MaRDI QIDQ2332265zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Antonio Alarcón, Franc Forstnerič, Francisco J. López

Publication date 4 November 2019

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.00514

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann surfaceGauss mapminimal surfacecomplex curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann surfaces (30F99) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

Abstract: Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface. We prove that every meromorphic function on $M$ is the complex Gauss map of a conformal minimal immersion $Momathbb{R}^3$ which may furthermore be chosen as the real part of a holomorphic null curve $Momathbb{C}^3$. Analogous results are proved for conformal minimal immersions $Momathbb{R}^n$ for any $n>3$. We also show that every conformal minimal immersion $Momathbb{R}^n$ is isotopic through conformal minimal immersions $Momathbb{R}^n$ to a flat one, and we identify the path connected components of the space of all conformal minimal immersions $Momathbb{R}^n$ for any $nge3$.

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