Generalizing the linearized doubling approach. I: General theory and new minimal surfaces and self-shrinkers

DOI10.4310/CJM.2023.V11.N2.A1zbMATH Open1516.53009arXiv2001.04240OpenAlexW3196367013MaRDI QIDQ6098049FDOQ6098049

Authors: Nikolaos Kapouleas, Peter McGrath 

Publication date: 9 June 2023

Published in: Cambridge Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In Part I of this article we generalize the Linearized Doubling (LD) approach, introduced in earlier work by NK, by proving a general theorem stating that if $Sigma$ is a closed minimal surface embedded in a Riemannian three-manifold $(N,g)$ and its Jacobi operator has trivial kernel, then given a suitable family of LD solutions on $Sigma$, a minimal surface $$ resembling two copies of $Sigma$ joined by many small catenoidal bridges can be constructed by PDE gluing methods. (An LD solution $varphi$ on $Sigma$ is a singular solution of the Jacobi equation with logarithmic singularities which in the construction are replaced by catenoidal bridges.) We also determine the first nontrivial term in the expansion for the area $$ of $$ in terms of the sizes of its catenoidal bridges and confirm that it is negative; $$ follows. We demonstrate the applicability of the theorem by first constructing new doublings of the Clifford torus. We then construct in Part II families of LD solutions for general $(O(2)imesmathbb{Z}_2)$-symmetric backgrounds $(Sigma,N,g)$. Combining with the theorem in Part I this implies the construction of new minimal doublings for such backgrounds. (Constructions for general backgrounds remain open.) This generalizes our earlier work for $Sigma=mathbb{S}^{2}subsetN=mathbb{S}^3$ providing new constructions even in that case. In Part III, applying the results of Parts I and II -- appropriately modified for the catenoid and the critical catenoid -- we construct new self-shrinkers of the mean curvature flow via doubling the spherical self-shrinker or the Angenent torus, new complete embedded minimal surfaces of finite total curvature in the Euclidean three-space via doubling the catenoid, and new free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball via doubling the critical catenoid.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.04240

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zbMATH Keywords

minimal surfacesmean curvature flowlinearized doubling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Flows related to mean curvature (53E10)

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