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Complete Minimal Surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ with Three Embedded Planar Ends

Differential Geometry 2025-04-04 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study complete minimal surfaces in R4\mathbb{R}^4 with three embedded planar ends parallel to those of the union of the Lagrangian catenoid and the plane passing through its waist circle. We show that any complete, oriented, immersed minimal surface in R4\mathbb{R}^4 of finite total curvature with genus 11 and three such ends must be JJ-holomorphic for some almost complex structure JJ. Under the additional assumptions of embeddedness and at least 88 symmetries, we prove that the number of symmetries must be either 88 or 1212, and in each case, the surface is uniquely determined up to rigid motions and scalings. Furthermore, we establish a nonexistence result for genus g2g\geq2 when the surface is embedded and has at least 4(g+1)4(g+1) symmetries. Our approach is based on a modification of the method of Costa and Hoffman-Meeks in the setting of R4\mathbb{R}^4, utilizing the generalized Weierstrass representation.

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@article{arxiv.2504.02282,
  title  = {Complete Minimal Surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ with Three Embedded Planar Ends},
  author = {Jaehoon Lee and Eungbeom Yeon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.02282},
  year   = {2025}
}

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69 pages

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