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We generalize Miyanishi's theory of almost minimal models of log smooth surfaces with reduced boundary to the case of arbitrary log surfaces defined over an algebraically closed field. Given an MMP run of a log surface $(X,D)$ we define and…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Karol Palka

It was proved by Graham and Witten in 1999 that conformal invariants of submanifolds can be obtained via volume renormalization of minimal surfaces in conformally compact Einstein manifolds. The conformal invariant of a submanifold $\Sigma$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Yongbing Zhang

After Chern's conjecture on the discreteness of the constant scalar curvatures of compact minimal submanifolds $M^n$ in unit spheres $\mathbb{S}^{n+q}$, Z. Q. Lu proposed a conjecture regarding the second gap, based on his ingenious…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Weiran Ding , Jianquan Ge , Fagui Li , Xize Yang

On a closed Riemannian surface of negative curvature, we prove a characterization for configurations of closed geodesics arising from one parameter Allen-Cahn min-max constructions. One of the facts we conclude is that every geodesic occurs…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Vanderson Lima

We prove the existence of nontrivial closed surfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature with respect to elliptic integrands in closed smooth $3$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. The constructed min-max surfaces are smooth with at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-26 Guido De Philippis , Antonio De Rosa

We construct the first examples of complete, properly embedded minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$ with finite total curvature and positive genus. These are constructed by gluing copies of horizontal catenoids or other…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Francisco Martin , Rafe Mazzeo , M. Magdalena Rodriguez

In earlier work we introduced topologically minimal surfaces as the analogue of geometrically minimal surfaces. Here we strengthen the analogy by showing that complicated amalgamations act as barriers to low genus, topologically minimal…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-03-11 David Bachman

We prove a global uniform Artin-Rees lemma type theorem for sections of ample line bundles over smooth projective varieties. This result is used to prove an Artin-Rees lemma for the polynomial ring with uniform degree bounds. The proof is…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-06-26 Johannes Lundqvist

As part of their graph minor project, Robertson and Seymour showed in 1990 that the class of graphs that can be embedded in a given surface can be characterized by a finite set of minimal excluded minors. However, their proof, because…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Sarah Houdaigoui , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi

We give new upper bounds for the number of nonconstant holomorphic maps depending only on the genus. Our estimates improve previously known bounds. The proof is based on the study of pullbacks of holomorphic differentials, together with…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Masaharu Tanabe

We prove the regularity of cohomogeneity two equivariant isotopy minimization problems. Based on this, we develop cohomogeneity two equivariant min-max theory for minimal hypersurfaces proposed by Pitts and Rubinstein in 1988. As an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Dongyeong Ko

The Allen-Cahn equation is a semilinear PDE which is deeply linked to the theory of minimal hypersurfaces via a singular limit. We prove curvature estimates and strong sheet separation estimates for stable solutions (building on recent work…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-18 Otis Chodosh , Christos Mantoulidis

This article derives lower bounds on the supremal (strict) p-negative type of finite metric spaces using purely elementary techniques. The bounds depend only on the cardinality and the (scaled) diameter of the underlying finite metric…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-07-18 Anthony Weston

We construct a complete, embedded minimal surface in euclidean 3-space which has unbounded Gaussian curvature. It has infinite genus, infinitely many catenoidal type ends and one limit end.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-18 Martin Traizet

We give a short proof of a conjecture of Stipsicz on the minimality of fiber sums of Lefschetz fibrations, which was proved earlier by Usher. We then construct the first examples of genus g > 1 Lefschetz fibrations on minimal symplectic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-08-27 R. Inanc Baykur

We establish a curvature estimate for classical minimal surfaces with total boundary curvature less than 4\pi. The main application is a bound on the genus of these surfaces depending solely on the geometry of the boundary curve. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-12-11 Giuseppe Tinaglia

We study the minimal dilatation of pseudo-Anosov pure surface braids and provide upper and lower bounds as a function of genus and the number of punctures. For a fixed number of punctures, these bounds tend to infinity as the genus does. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Marissa Loving

We prove that any smooth cubic surface defined over any number field satisfies the lower bound predicted by Manin's conjecture possibly after an extension of small degree.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Christopher Frei , Efthymios Sofos

For a Riemannian closed spin manifold and under some topological assumption (non-zero $\hat{A}$-genus or enlargeability in the sense of Gromov-Lawson), we give an optimal upper bound for the infimum of the scalar curvature in terms of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hélène Davaux

We show that for an immersed two-sided minimal surface in $R^3$, there is a lower bound on the index depending on the genus and number of ends. Using this, we show the nonexistence of an embedded minimal surface in $R^3$ of index $2$, as…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-01 Otis Chodosh , Davi Maximo