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Hierarchy structures in finite index CMC surfaces

Differential Geometry 2023-03-28 v3

Abstract

Given ε0>0\varepsilon_0>0, IN{0}I\in \mathbb{N}\cup \{0\} and K0,H00K_0,H_0\geq0, let XX be a complete Riemannian 33-manifold with injectivity radius \mboxInj(X)ε0\mbox{Inj}(X)\geq \varepsilon_0 and with the supremum of absolute sectional curvature at most K0K_0, and let MXM \looparrowright X be a complete immersed surface of constant mean curvature H[0,H0]H\in [0,H_0] with index at most II. For such MXM \looparrowright X, we prove Structure Theorem 1.2 which describes how the interesting ambient geometry of the immersion is organized locally around at most II points of MM where the norm of the second fundamental form takes on large local maximum values.

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@article{arxiv.2212.13594,
  title  = {Hierarchy structures in finite index CMC surfaces},
  author = {William H. Meeks and Joaquin Perez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13594},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

78 pages, 6 figures. Version 3: Minor changes made throughout paper. Version to appear in Adv. Calc. Var

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