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Min-max theory for networks of constant geodesic curvature

Differential Geometry 2019-01-29 v2

Abstract

We prove that on a closed surface, for any c>0c>0, our min-max theory for prescribing mean curvature produces a solution given by a curve of constant geodesic curvature cc which is almost embedded, except for finitely many points, at which the solution is a stationary junction with integer density. Moreover, each smooth segment has multiplicity one. The key is a classification of blowups which is new even for c=0c=0.

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@article{arxiv.1811.04070,
  title  = {Min-max theory for networks of constant geodesic curvature},
  author = {Xin Zhou and Jonathan J. Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04070},
  year   = {2019}
}

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11 pages, minor revision