Minimal isometric immersions into S^2 x R and H^2 x R
Differential Geometry
2014-02-12 v2
Abstract
For a given simply connected Riemannian surface Sigma, we relate the problem of finding minimal isometric immersions of Sigma into S^2 x R or H^2 x R to a system of two partial differential equations on Sigma. We prove that a constant intrinsic curvature minimal surface in S^2 x R or H^2 x R is either totally geodesic or part of an associate surface of a certain limit of catenoids in H^2 x R. We also prove that if a non constant curvature Riemannian surface admits a continuous one-parameter family of minimal isometric immersions into S^2 x R or H^2 x R, then all these immersions are associate.
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@article{arxiv.1306.5952,
title = {Minimal isometric immersions into S^2 x R and H^2 x R},
author = {Benoit Daniel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5952},
year = {2014}
}