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Flexible domains for minimal surfaces in Euclidean spaces

Differential Geometry 2023-01-04 v2

Abstract

In this paper we introduce and investigate a new notion of flexibility for domains in Euclidean spaces Rn\mathbb R^n for n3n\ge 3 in terms of minimal surfaces which they contain. A domain Ω\Omega in Rn\mathbb R^n is said to be flexible if every conformal minimal immersion UΩU\to\Omega from a Runge domain UU in an open conformal surface MM can be approximated uniformly on compacts, with interpolation on any given finite set, by conformal minimal immersion MΩM\to \Omega. Together with hyperbolicity phenomena considered in recent works, this extends the dichotomy between flexibility and rigidity from complex analysis to minimal surface theory.

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@article{arxiv.2204.14254,
  title  = {Flexible domains for minimal surfaces in Euclidean spaces},
  author = {Barbara Drinovec Drnovsek and Franc Forstneric},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.14254},
  year   = {2023}
}

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J. Math. Anal. Appl., to appear. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022247X22006679