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Self-shrinkers with any number of ends in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ by stacking $\mathbb{R}^{2}$

Differential Geometry 2025-07-28 v1

Abstract

For each half-integer JJ and large enough integer mm we construct by PDE gluing methods a self-shrinker M˘[J,m]\breve{M}[J,m] with 2J+12J+1 ends and genus 2J(m1)2J(m-1). M˘[J,m]\breve{M}[J,m] resembles the stacking of 2J+12J+1 levels of the plane R2\mathbb{R}^2 in R3\mathbb{R}^3 that have been connected by 2Jm2Jm catenoidal bridges with mm bridges connecting each pair of adjacent levels. It observes the symmetry of an mm-gonal prism (when JJ is a half integer) or an mm-gonal antiprism (when JJ is an integer). The construction is based on the Linearised Doubling (LD) methodology which was first introduced by Kapouleas in the construction of minimal surface doublings of Seq2\mathbb{S}^2_{eq} in S3\mathbb{S}^3.

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@article{arxiv.2507.18825,
  title  = {Self-shrinkers with any number of ends in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ by stacking $\mathbb{R}^{2}$},
  author = {Guanhua Shao and Jiahua Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.18825},
  year   = {2025}
}