A characterization of rotational minimal surfaces in the de Sitter space

MaRDI QIDQ6409144zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Rafael López

Publication date 29 August 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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