Harmonic maps with prescribed degrees on the boundary of an annulus and bifurcation of catenoids

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Abstract: Let AsubsetmathbbR2 be a smooth doubly connected domain. We consider the Dirichlet energy E(u)=intA|ablau|2, where u:AightarrowmathbbC, and look for critical points of this energy with prescribed modulus |u|=1 on partialA and with prescribed degrees on the two connected components of partialA. This variational problem is a problem with lack of compactness hence we can not use the direct methods of calculus of variations. Our analysis relies on the so-called Hopf differential and on a strong link between this problem and the problem of finding all minimal surfaces bounded by two p covering of circles in parallel planes. We then construct new immersed minimal surfaces in mathbbR3 with this property. These surfaces are obtained by bifurcation from a family of p-coverings of catenoids.



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