Polynomial minimal surfaces of degree five

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Abstract: The problem of finding all minimal surfaces presented in parametric form as polynomials of certain degree is discussed by many authors. It is known that the classical Enneper surface is (up to position in space and homothety) the only polynomial minimal surface of degree 3 in isothermal parameters. In higher degrees the problem is quite more complicated. Here we find a general form for the functions that generate a polynomial minimal surface of arbitrary degree via the Weierstrass formula and prove that any polynomial minimal surface of degree 5 in isothermal parameters may be considered as belonging to one of three special families.









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