Isoperimetric inequalities for minimal submanifolds in Riemannian manifolds: a counterexample in higher codimension

DOI10.1007/S00526-011-0466-ZzbMATH Open1263.49056arXiv1004.3188OpenAlexW3100070686WikidataQ115387508 ScholiaQ115387508MaRDI QIDQ690637FDOQ690637

Authors: Victor Bangert, Nena Röttgen 

Publication date: 28 November 2012

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For compact Riemannian manifolds with convex boundary, B.White proved the following alternative: Either there is an isoperimetric inequality for minimal hypersurfaces or there exists a closed minimal hypersurface, possibly with a small singular set. There is the natural question if a similar result is true for submanifolds of higher codimension. Specifically, B.White asked if the non-existence of an isoperimetric inequality for k-varifolds implies the existence of a nonzero, stationary, integral k-varifold. We present examples showing that this is not true in codimension greater than two. The key step is the construction of a Riemannian metric on the closed four-dimensional ball B with the following properties: (1) B has strictly convex boundary. (2) There exists a complete nonconstant geodesic. (3) There does not exist a closed geodesic in B.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3188

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldsisoperimetric inequalitiesgeodesicsminimal submanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

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