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A free boundary minimal surface via a 6-sweepout

Differential Geometry 2023-05-17 v2 Analysis of PDEs Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove that the Almgren-Pitts 6-width of the unit 3-ball is less than 2π2\pi. We also prove that there exists a free boundary minimal surface in the unit 3-ball that has genus at most 1, index at most 5, area less than 2π2\pi, and is not the equatorial disk or the critical catenoid.

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@article{arxiv.2208.06577,
  title  = {A free boundary minimal surface via a 6-sweepout},
  author = {Adrian Chun-Pong Chu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.06577},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted by J. Geom. Anal. Abstract updated