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A sharp bound for the area of minimal surfaces in the unit ball

Differential Geometry 2012-01-11 v2

Abstract

Let \Sigma be a k-dimensional minimal surface in the unit ball B^n which meets the unit sphere orthogonally. We show that the area of \Sigma is bounded from below by the volume of the unit ball in R^k. This answers a question posed by R. Schoen.

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@article{arxiv.1108.4544,
  title  = {A sharp bound for the area of minimal surfaces in the unit ball},
  author = {S. Brendle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4544},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

To appear in Geometric and Functional Analysis