Generic finiteness of minimal surfaces with bounded Morse index

DOI10.2422/2036-2145.201510_003zbMATH Open1385.53052arXiv1509.07101OpenAlexW2963229888MaRDI QIDQ4604582FDOQ4604582

Authors: Alessandro Carlotto 

Publication date: 2 March 2018

Published in: ANNALI SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE - CLASSE DI SCIENZE (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a compact 3-manifold N without boundary, we prove that for a bumpy metric of positive scalar curvature the space of minimal surfaces having a uniform upper bound on the Morse index is always finite unless the manifold itself contains an embedded minimal RP^2. In particular, we derive a generic finiteness result whenever N does not contain a copy of RP^3 in its prime decomposition. We discuss the obstructions to any further generalization of such a result. When the metric g is required to be (scalar positive and) strongly bumpy (meaning that all closed, immersed minimal surfaces do not have Jacobi fields, a notion recently proved to be generic by B. White) the same conclusion holds true for any closed 3-manifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.07101

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldMorse indexminimal surfacegeneric finiteness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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