Symmetry via spherical reflection

DOI10.1007/BF02921949MaRDI QIDQ5950240zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors John McCuan

Publication date 19 December 2001

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02921949

zbMATH Keywords

planar reflectionspherical reflectionsymmetry of closed surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Global submanifolds (53C40) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

Review text

A new procedure for establishing symmetry which may be considered as an extension of the planar reflection method to reflection in spheres, is introduced. The method of spherical reflection relies on a maximum principle related to surface geometry. A new proof of the Alexandrov theorem is given.

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