Uniqueness of minimal surfaces, Jacobi fields, and flat structures

DOI10.1090/PROC/14941zbMATH Open1446.53008arXiv1812.01401OpenAlexW2990993890WikidataQ125839429 ScholiaQ125839429MaRDI QIDQ5111516FDOQ5111516

Authors: Hojoo Lee 

Publication date: 27 May 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Inspired by the Finn-Osserman (1964), Chern (1969), do Carmo-Peng (1979) proofs of the Bernstein theorem, which characterizes flat planes as the only entire minimal graphs, we prove a new rigidity theorem for associate families connecting the doubly periodic Scherk graphs and the singly periodic Scherk towers. Our characterization of Scherk's surfaces discovers a new idea from the original Finn-Osserman curvature estimate. Combining two generically independent flat structures introduced by Chern and Ricci, we shall construct geometric harmonic functions on minimal surfaces, and establish that periodic minimal surfaces admit fresh uniqueness results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01401

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zbMATH Keywords

harmonic functionsminimal surfacesJacobi fieldsScherk's surfaceflat structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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