The topological classification of minimal surfaces in R^3

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2008.167.681zbMATH Open1168.49038arXivmath/0209286OpenAlexW2124997770MaRDI QIDQ2389098FDOQ2389098

Authors: Charles Frohman, William H. III Meeks 

Publication date: 14 July 2009

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a complete topological classification of minimal surfaces in Euclidian three-space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209286

zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfaceshomeomorphismtopological classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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