Numerically destabilizing minimal discs

DOI10.1080/10586458.2019.1692261zbMATH Open1503.53016arXiv1801.02357OpenAlexW2996252310WikidataQ126586404 ScholiaQ126586404MaRDI QIDQ5866499FDOQ5866499

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Publication date: 22 September 2022

Published in: Experimental Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: When calculating the index of a minimal surface, the set of smooth functions on a domain with compact support is the standard setting to describe admissible variations. We show that the set of admissible variations can be widened in a geometrically meaningful manner by considering the difference of area functional, leading to a more general notion of index. This allows us to produce explicit examples of destabilizing perturbations for the fundamental Scherk surface and dihedral Enneper surfaces. In the case of dihedral Enneper surfaces we show that both the classical and our modified index can be explicitly determined.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02357

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zbMATH Keywords

bounded indexstability of minimal surfacesnumerical spectral techniques

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

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Uses Software

• Matlab

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