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Genus bounds for min-max minimal surfaces

Differential Geometry 2016-07-08 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove optimal genus bounds for minimal surfaces arising from the min-max construction of Simon-Smith. This confirms a conjecture made by Pitts-Rubinstein in 1986.

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@article{arxiv.1312.2666,
  title  = {Genus bounds for min-max minimal surfaces},
  author = {Daniel Ketover},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2666},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Some simplifications made, details added, typos fixed

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