The dynamics theorem for CMC surfaces in R^3

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the space of translational limits T(M) of a surface M properly embedded in R^3 with nonzero constant mean curvature and bounded second fundamental form. There is a natural map T which assigns to any surface M' in T(M), the set T(M') in T(M). Among various dynamics type results we prove that surfaces in minimal T-invariant sets of T(M) are chord-arc. We also show that if M has an infinite number of ends, then there exists a nonempty minimal T-invariant set in T(M) consisting entirely of surfaces with planes of Alexandrov symmetry. Finally, when M has a plane of Alexandrov symmetry, we prove the following characterization theorem: M has finite topology if and only if M has a finite number of ends greater than one.


This is an excellent report on CMC surfaces in Euclidean space. This paper shows that when a CMC surface \(M\) has bounded second fundamental form, for any divergent sequence of points \(p_n\) in \(M\), a subsequence of the translated surfaces \(M-p_n\) converges to a properly immersed surface of the same constant mean curvature which bounds a smooth open domain on its mean convex side. Related results are presented, in terms of dynamics for CMC surfaces.











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