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In this note we propose a min-max theory for embedded hypersurfaces with a fixed boundary and apply it to prove several theorems about the existence of embedded minimal hypersurfaces with a given boundary. A simpler variant of these…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-19 Camillo De Lellis , Jusuf Ramic

We show that a bumpy closed Riemannian manifold $(M^{n+1}, g)$ $(3 \leq n+1 \leq 7)$ admits a sequence of connected closed embedded two-sided minimal hypersurfaces whose areas and Morse indices both tend to infinity. This improves a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-08 Yangyang Li

We prove the multiplicity one theorem for min-max free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in compact manifolds with boundary of dimension between 3 and 7 for generic metrics. To approach this, we develop existence and regularity theory for free…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Ao Sun , Zhichao Wang , Xin Zhou

We obtain a series of results in the global theory of free boundary minimal surfaces, which in particular provide a rather complete picture for the way different complexity criteria, such as area, topology and Morse index compare, beyond…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-16 Alessandro Carlotto , Giada Franz

In this note we use the strong maximum principle and integral estimates prove two results on minimal hypersurfaces $F:M^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with free boundary on the standard unit sphere. First we show that if $F$ is graphical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-30 Glen Wheeler , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

We prove there exists a compact embedded minimal surface in a complete finite volume hyperbolic $3$-manifold $\mathcal{N}$. We also obtain a least area, incompressible, properly embedded, finite topology, $2$-sided surface. We prove a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-26 Pascal Collin , Laurent Hauswirth , Laurent Mazet , Harold Rosenberg

In this paper, we establish a min-max theory for constructing minimal disks with free boundary in any closed Riemannian manifold. The main result is an effective version of the partial Morse theory for minimal disks with free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Longzhi Lin , Ao Sun , Xin Zhou

Given a compact Riemannian manifold, of dimension between 3 and 7, with boundary, we adapt Song's method in Song (2023) to the free boundary case to show that the Morse index of a free boundary minimal hypersurface grows linearly with the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Santiago Cordero-Misteli , Giada Franz

Let $M$ be a weighted manifold with boundary $\partial M$, i.e., a Riemannian manifold where a density function is used to weight the Riemannian Hausdorff measures. In this paper we compute the first and the second variational formulas of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Katherine Castro , César Rosales

We show that the combination of nonnegative 2-intermediate Ricci Curvature and strict positivity of scalar curvature forces rigidity of two-sided free boundary stable minimal hypersurface in a 4-manifold with bounded geometry and weakly…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Yujie Wu

Let $M$ be a compact 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and a nonempty boundary $\partial M$. Fraser and Li \cite{Fraser&Li} established a compactness theorem for the space of compact, properly embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Pak Tung Ho , Juncheol Pyo , Keomkyo Seo

In this article we prove that all boundary points of a minimal oriented hypersurface in a Riemannian manifold are regular, that is, in a neighborhood of any boundary point, the minimal surface is a $\mathcal{C}^{1, \frac14}$ submanifold…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Simone Steinbruechel

In this work we prove the existence of embedded closed minimal hypersurfaces in non-compact manifolds containing a bounded open subset with smooth and strictly mean-concave boundary and a natural behavior on the geometry at infinity. For…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-16 Rafael Montezuma

We establish general bounds on the topology of free boundary minimal surfaces obtained via min-max methods in compact, three-dimensional ambient manifolds with mean convex boundary. We prove that the first Betti number is lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Giada Franz , Mario B. Schulz

We obtain some estimates on the area of the boundary and on the volume of a certain free boundary hypersurface $\Sigma$ with nonpositive Yamabe invariant in a Riemannian $n$-manifold with bounds for the scalar curvature and the mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-18 A. Barros , C. Tiarlos Cruz

By extending and generalising previous work by Ros and Savo, we describe a method to show that the Morse index of every closed minimal hypersurface on certain positively curved ambient manifolds is bounded from below by a linear function of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-28 Lucas Ambrozio , Alessandro Carlotto , Ben Sharp

In this paper, we consider locally wedge-shaped manifolds, which are Riemannian manifolds that are allowed to have both boundary and certain types of edges. We define and study the properties of free boundary minimal hypersurfaces inside…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Liam Mazurowski , Tongrui Wang

In this paper, we work with the existence and uniqueness of free boundary constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in rotational domains. These are domains whose boundary is generated by a rotation of a graph. Under some conditions on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Allan Freitas , Márcio Santos , J. Sindeaux

We prove that the index is bounded from below by a linear function of its first Betti number for any compact free boundary $f$-minimal hypersurface in certain positively curved weighted manifolds.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Niang Chen , Jianquan Ge , Miaomiao Zhang

We perform a replacement procedure in order to produce a free boundary minimal surface whose area achieves the min-max value over all disk sweepouts of a manifold whose boundary lie in a submanifold. Our result is based on a proof of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-28 Paul Laurain , Romain Petrides