On embeddedness of area-minimizing disks, and an application to constructing complete minimal surfaces (Q1975888)
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On embeddedness of area-minimizing disks, and an application to constructing complete minimal surfaces (English)
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17 October 2000
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Let \(\alpha\) be a polygonal Jordan curve in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). We show that if \(\alpha\) satisfies certain conditions, then the least-area Douglas-Radó disk in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) with boundary \(\alpha\) is unique and is a smooth graph. As our conditions on \(\alpha\) are not included amongst previously known conditions for embeddedness, we are enlarging the set of Jordan curves in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) which are known to be spanned by an embedded least-area disk. As an application, we consider the conjugate surface construction method for minimal surfaces. With our result we can apply this method to a wider range of complete catenoid-ended minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\).
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Plateau problem
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polygonal Jordan curve
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Douglas-Radó disk
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conjugate surface
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minimal surface
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