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On a conjecture of Meeks, P\'erez and Ros

Differential Geometry 2021-07-14 v3 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Meeks, P\'erez and Ros conjectured that a closed Riemannian 33-manifold which does not admit any closed embedded minimal surface whose two-sided covering is stable, must be diffeomorphic to a quotient of the 33-sphere. We give an counterexample to this conjecture. Also, we show that if we consider immersed surfaces instead of embedded ones, then the corresponding statement is true.

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@article{arxiv.1806.03883,
  title  = {On a conjecture of Meeks, P\'erez and Ros},
  author = {Vanderson Lima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03883},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Final version. Accepted for publication in Journal of Differential Geometry