Willmore deformations between minimal surfaces in $H^{n+2}$ and $S^{n+2}$
Abstract
In this paper we show that locally there exists a Willmore deformation between minimal surfaces in and minimal surfaces in , i.e., there exists a smooth family of Willmore surfaces such that is conformally equivalent to a minimal surface in and is conformally equivalent to a minimal surface in . For some cases the deformations are global. Consider the Willmore deformations of the Veronese two-sphere and its generalizations in , for any positive number , we construct complete minimal surfaces in with Willmore energy being equal to . An example of complete minimal M\"{o}bius strip in with Willmore energy is also presented. We also show that all isotropic minimal surfaces in admit Jacobi fields different from Killing fields, i.e., they are not "isolated".
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@article{arxiv.2011.00737,
title = {Willmore deformations between minimal surfaces in $H^{n+2}$ and $S^{n+2}$},
author = {Changping Wang and Peng Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.00737},
year = {2020}
}
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29 pages, 1 figure. Comments are welcome