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Isometric deformations of minimal surfaces in $S^{4}$

Differential Geometry 2012-03-01 v1

Abstract

We consider the isometric deformation problem for oriented non simply connected immersed minimal surfaces f:MS4f:M \to S^{4}. We prove that the space of all isometric minimal immersions of MM into S4S^{4} with the same normal curvature function is, within congruences, either finite or a circle. Furthermore, we show that for any compact immersed minimal surface in S4S^{4} with nontrivial normal bundle there are at most finitely many noncongruent immersed minimal surfaces in S4S^{4} isometric to it with the same normal curvature function.

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@article{arxiv.1202.6503,
  title  = {Isometric deformations of minimal surfaces in $S^{4}$},
  author = {Theodoros Vlachos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.6503},
  year   = {2012}
}