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Complete stationary surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4_1$ with total curvature $-\int K\mathrm{d}M=4\pi$

Differential Geometry 2014-02-17 v1 Complex Variables Geometric Topology

Abstract

Applying the general theory about complete spacelike stationary (i.e. zero mean curvature) surfaces in 4-dimensional Lorentz space R14\mathbb{R}^4_1, we classify those regular algebraic ones with total Gaussian curvature KdM=4π-\int K\mathrm{d}M=4\pi. Such surfaces must be oriented and be congruent to either the generalized catenoids or the generalized enneper surfaces. For non-orientable stationary surfaces, we consider the Weierstrass representation on the oriented double covering M~\widetilde{M} (of genus gg) and generalize Meeks and Oliveira's M\"obius bands. The total Gaussian curvature are shown to be at least 2π(g+3)2\pi(g+3) when M~R14\widetilde{M}\to\mathbb{R}^4_1 is algebraic-type. We conjecture that there do not exist non-algebraic examples with KdM=4π-\int K\mathrm{d}M=4\pi.

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@article{arxiv.1210.8254,
  title  = {Complete stationary surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4_1$ with total curvature $-\int K\mathrm{d}M=4\pi$},
  author = {Xiang Ma and Peng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8254},
  year   = {2014}
}

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