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Complete minimal surfaces densely lying in arbitrary domains of $\mathbb{R}^n$

Differential Geometry 2018-03-16 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

In this paper we prove that, given an open Riemann surface MM and an integer n3n\ge 3, the set of complete conformal minimal immersions MRnM\to\mathbb{R}^n with X(M)=Rn\overline{X(M)}=\mathbb{R}^n forms a dense subset in the space of all conformal minimal immersions MRnM\to\mathbb{R}^n endowed with the compact-open topology. Moreover, we show that every domain in Rn\mathbb{R}^n contains complete minimal surfaces which are dense on it and have arbitrary orientable topology (possibly infinite); we also provide such surfaces whose complex structure is any given bordered Riemann surface. Our method of proof can be adapted to give analogous results for non-orientable minimal surfaces in Rn\mathbb{R}^n (n3)(n\ge 3), complex curves in Cn\mathbb{C}^n (n2)(n\ge 2), holomorphic null curves in Cn\mathbb{C}^n (n3)(n\ge 3), and holomorphic Legendrian curves in C2n+1\mathbb{C}^{2n+1} (nN)(n\in\mathbb{N}).

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@article{arxiv.1611.05029,
  title  = {Complete minimal surfaces densely lying in arbitrary domains of $\mathbb{R}^n$},
  author = {Antonio Alarcon and Ildefonso Castro-Infantes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05029},
  year   = {2018}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure