A characterization of rotational minimal surfaces in the de Sitter space

arXiv2208.13698MaRDI QIDQ6409144FDOQ6409144

Publication date: 29 August 2022

Abstract: The generating curves of rotational minimal surfaces in the de Sitter space

s_{1}^{3}

are characterized as solutions of a variational problem. It is proved that these curves are the critical points of the center of mass among all curves of

s_{1}^{2}

with prescribed endpoints and fixed length. This extends the known properties of the catenary and the catenoid in the Euclidean setting.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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