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In [15] Robert Osserman proved that the image of the Gauss map of a complete, non flat minimal surface in R^3 with finite total curvature miss at most 3 points. In this paper we prove that the Gauss map of such a minimal immersions omit at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-24 Luquesio P. Jorge , Francesco Mercuri

An approximation theorem for minimal surfaces by complete minimal surfaces of finite total curvature in $\mathbb{R}^3$ is obtained. This Mergelyan type result can be extended to the family of complete minimal surfaces of weak finite total…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Francisco J. Lopez

We prove that closed surfaces of all topological types, except for the non-orientable odd-genus ones, can be minimally embedded in the Riemannian product of a sphere and a circle of arbitrary radius. We illustrate it by obtaining some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-20 José M. Manzano , Julia Plehnert , Francisco Torralbo

For any open orientable surface $M$ and convex domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{C}^3,$ there exists a Riemann surface $N$ homeomorphic to $M$ and a complete proper null curve $F:N\to\Omega.$ This result follows from a general existence theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-23 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

We propose a novel meshless method to compute harmonic maps and conformal maps for surfaces embedded in the Euclidean 3-space, using point cloud data only. Given a surface, or a point cloud approximation, we simply use the standard cubic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Tianqi Wu , Shing-Tung Yau

A surface M is called p-minimal if one of the coordinate functions is p-harmonic in the inner metric. We show that in the twodimensional case the Gaussian map of such surfaces is quasiconformal. In the case when the surface is a tube we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Vladimir G. Tkachev

We introduce a hyperbolic Gauss map into the Poincare disk for any surface in H^2xR with regular vertical projection, and prove that if the surface has constant mean curvature H=1/2, this hyperbolic Gauss map is harmonic. Conversely, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Isabel Fernandez , Pablo Mira

In this paper we give new existence results for complete non-orientable minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with prescribed topology and asymptotic behavior.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-07-17 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

We prove a version of the classical Runge and Mergelyan uniform approximation theorems for non-orientable minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space R3. Then, we obtain some geometric applications. Among them, we emphasize the following ones: 1.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

In this paper we prove two theorems. The first one is a structure result that describes the extrinsic geometry of an embedded surface with constant mean curvature (possibly zero) in a homogeneously regular Riemannian three-manifold, in any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-10 William H. Meeks , Joaquín Pérez , Antonio Ros

$f$-Biharmonic maps are generalizations of harmonic maps and biharmonic maps. In this paper, we obtain some descriptions of $f$-biharmonic curves in a space form. We also obtain a complete classification of proper $f$-biharmonic isometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Ze-Ping Wang , Li-Hua Qin

We study curvature functionals for immersed 2-spheres in a compact, three-dimensional Riemannian manifold M. Under the assumption that the sectional curvature of M is strictly positive, we prove the existence of a smoothly immersed sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Ernst Kuwert , Andrea Mondino , Johannes Schygulla

On a Riemannian surface, the energy of a map into a Riemannian manifold is a conformal invariant functional, and its critical points are the harmonic maps. Our main result is a generalization of this theorem when the starting manifold is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-27 Vincent Bérard

In a recent paper the author introduced a new method based on viscosity techniques for producing minimal surfaces by minmax arguments. The present work corresponds to the regularity part of the method. Precisely we establish that any weakly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-29 Tristan Rivière

Let N be a complete, homogeneously regular Riemannian manifold of dimension greater than 2 and let M be a compact submanifold of N. Let $\Sigma$ be a compact orientable surface with boundary. We show that for any continuous $f: (\Sigma,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-09-07 Jingyi Chen , Ailana Fraser , Chao Pang

Let $\mathcal{R}$ be an open Riemann surface. In this paper we prove that every continuous function $M \to \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 3$, defined on a divergent Jordan arc $M \subset \mathcal{R}$ can be approximated in the Carleman sense by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-13 Ildefonso Castro-Infantes , Brett Chenoweth

We prove the existence of minimal surfaces in a bounded convex subset of $\mathbb R^3$, $\mathcal M$, intersecting the boundary of $\mathcal M$ with a fixed contact angle. The proof is based on a min-max construction in the spirit of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-22 Luigi De Masi , Guido De Philippis

We prove that every open Riemann surface $M$ is the complex structure of a complete surface of constant mean curvature 1 (CMC-1) in the 3-dimensional hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$. We go further and establish a jet interpolation theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Antonio Alarcon , Ildefonso Castro-Infantes , Jorge Hidalgo

The current paper discusses some new results about conformal polynomic surface parameterizations. A new theorem is proved: Given a conformal polynomic surface parameterization of any degree it must be harmonic on each component. As a first…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-28 David Pérez Fernández

In this paper we consider the complete biconservative surfaces in Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^3$ and in the unit Euclidean sphere $\mathbb{S}^3$. Biconservative surfaces in 3-dimensional space forms are characterized by the fact that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-21 Simona Nistor