Unstable minimal surfaces in symmetric spaces of non-compact type

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Authors Nathaniel Sagman, Peter Smillie

Publication date 9 August 2022

Abstract: We prove that if $Sigma$ is a closed surface of genus at least 3 and $G$ is a split real semisimple Lie group of rank at least $3$ acting faithfully by isometries on a symmetric space $N$, then there exists a Hitchin representation $ho:p{i}_1(Sigma)oG$ and a $ho$-equivariant unstable minimal map from the universal cover of $Sigma$ to $N$. This follows from a new lower bound on the index of high energy minimal maps into an arbitrary symmetric space of non-compact type. Taking $G=mathrmPSL(n,mathbbR)$, $ngeq4$, this disproves the Labourie conjecture.

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