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Embedded minimal tori in S^3 and the Lawson conjecture

Differential Geometry 2012-09-19 v3

Abstract

We show that any embedded minimal torus in S^3 is congruent to the Clifford torus. This answers a question posed by H.B. Lawson, Jr., in 1970.

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@article{arxiv.1203.6597,
  title  = {Embedded minimal tori in S^3 and the Lawson conjecture},
  author = {S. Brendle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6597},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Final version, to appear in Acta Mathematica