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Free Boundary Plateau Model Cones in $\mathbb{B}^n$ are Rigid under Conformal Minimal Immersions

Differential Geometry 2026-05-28 v1

Abstract

The classical theorem of Nitsche asserts that every free-boundary minimal disk in the unit ball B3\mathbb{B}^3 is an equatorial flat disk. Fraser and Schoen later generalized this rigidity theorem to arbitrary dimensions and ambient spaces of constant sectional curvature. In previous work, the author established an analogous rigidity result for the singular YY-cone: any conformal free-boundary minimal immersion of the flat YY-cone into Bn\mathbb{B}^n is congruent to the flat YY-cone. In this paper we treat the remaining classical two-dimensional Plateau singularity model, namely the tetrahedral TT-cone. We prove that every conformal free-boundary minimal immersion of the flat TT-cone into Bn\mathbb{B}^n is congruent, up to an orthogonal transformation, to the flat TT-cone itself. As a consequence, combining this result with the Nitsche--Fraser--Schoen theorem and the previously established YY-cone rigidity theorem, we obtain a unified rigidity theorem for the classical Plateau model domains: any free-boundary minimal Plateau surface in Bn\mathbb{B}^n conformal to a plane disk, a YY-cone, or a TT-cone must be congruent to the corresponding model.

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@article{arxiv.2605.27776,
  title  = {Free Boundary Plateau Model Cones in $\mathbb{B}^n$ are Rigid under Conformal Minimal Immersions},
  author = {Elham Matinpour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.27776},
  year   = {2026}
}