On the topology and index of minimal surfaces

DOI10.4310/JDG/1478138547MaRDI QIDQ503068zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Otis Chodosh, Davi Máximo

Publication date 11 January 2017

Published in Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7356, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1478138547

zbMATH Keywords

indexminimal surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We show that for an immersed two-sided minimal surface in $R^3$, there is a lower bound on the index depending on the genus and number of ends. Using this, we show the nonexistence of an embedded minimal surface in $R^3$ of index $2$, as conjectured by Choe. Moreover, we show that the index of a immersed two-sided minimal surface with embedded ends is bounded from above and below by a linear function of the total curvature of the surface.

Review text

The main result of the paper under review is the following: Theorem: Suppose that \(\Sigma\subset \mathbb R^3\) is an immersed complete two-sided minimal surface of genus \(g\) and with \(r\) ends. Then, \(\mathrm{index}(\Sigma) \geq \frac{2}{3}(g+r)-1.\) Using the above result, the authors show the nonexistence of an embedded minimal surface in \(\mathbb R^3\) of index 2, as conjectured by \textit{J. Choe} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 109, No. 3, 195--212 (1990; Zbl 0695.53045)]. Moreover, the authors show that the index of an immersed two-sided minimal surface with embedded ends is bounded from above and below by a linear function of the total curvature of the surface.

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