Rigidity of min-max minimal disks in 3-balls with non-negative Ricci curvature

arXiv2307.03624MaRDI QIDQ6442977FDOQ6442977

Publication date: 7 July 2023

Abstract: In this paper we prove a rigidity statement for free boundary minimal surfaces produced via min-max methods. More precisely, we prove that for any Riemannian metric

g

on the 3-ball

B

with non-negative Ricci curvature and

m a t h r m {I I}_{p a r t i a l B} g e g_{| p a r t i a l B}

, there exists a free boundary minimal disk

D e l t a

of least area among all free boundary minimal disks in

(B, g)

. Moreover, the area of any such

D e l t a

equals to the width of

(B, g)

,

D e l t a

has index one, and the length of

p a r t i a l D e l t a

is bounded from above by

2 p i

. Furthermore, the length of

p a r t i a l D e l t a

equals to

2 p i

if and only if

(B, g)

is isometric to the Euclidean unit ball. This is related to a rigidity result obtained by F.C. Marques and A. Neves in the closed case. The proof uses a rigidity statement concerning half-balls with non-negative Ricci curvature which is true in any dimension.

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