Minimal cubic cones via Clifford algebras

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Abstract: We construct two infinite families of algebraic minimal cones in Rn. The first family consists of minimal cubics given explicitly in terms of the Clifford systems. We show that the classes of congruent minimal cubics are in one to one correspondence with those of geometrically equivalent Clifford systems. As a byproduct, we prove that for any nge4, ne16k+1, there is at least one minimal cone in Rn given by an irreducible homogeneous cubic polynomial. The second family consists of minimal cones in Rm2, mge2, defined by an irreducible homogeneous polynomial of degree m. These examples provide particular answers to the questions on algebraic minimal cones posed by Wu-Yi Hsiang in the 1960's.









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