Conformal structure of minimal surfaces with finite topology

DOI10.4171/CMH/226zbMATH Open1213.53011arXiv0810.4478MaRDI QIDQ633004FDOQ633004

Authors: Jacob Bernstein, Christine Breiner 

Publication date: 31 March 2011

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we show that a complete embedded minimal surface in $Rea{l}^3$ with finite topology and one end is conformal to a once-punctured compact Riemann surface. Moreover, using the conformality and embeddedness, we examine the Weierstrass data and conclude that every such surface has Weierstrass data asymptotic to that of the helicoid. More precisely, if $g$ is the stereographic projection of the Gauss map, then in a neighborhood of the puncture, $g(p)=exp(ialphaz(p)+F(p))$, where $alphainReal$, $z=x_3+i{x}_3^{\ast }$ is a holomorphic coordinate defined in this neighborhood and $F(p)$ is holomorphic in the neighborhood and extends over the puncture with a zero there. This further implies that the end is actually Hausdorff close to a helicoid.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4478

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal typehelicoidcomplete embedded minimal surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Helicoidal minimal surfaces of prescribed genus
• On the existence of a proper minimal surface in \(\mathbb R^3\) with a conformal type of disk
• Symmetry of embedded genus 1 helicoids
• Properly embedded minimal planar domains
• The classical theory of minimal surfaces
• Limit lamination theorems for \(H\)-surfaces
• The slab theorem for minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb {E}(-1,\tau)\)
• Stationary isothermic surfaces in Euclidean 3-space
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