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In this article we present an elementary introduction to the theory of minimal surfaces in Euclidean spaces $\mathbb R^n$ for $n\ge 3$ by using only elementary calculus of functions of several variables at the level of a typical second-year…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-08 Franc Forstneric

The classical Bj\"orling problem is to find the minimal surface containing a given real analytic curve with tangent planes prescribed along the curve. We consider the generalization of this problem to non-minimal constant mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-02 David Brander , Josef F. Dorfmeister

The generalized soap bubble problem seeks the least perimeter way to enclose and separate n given volumes in R^m. We study the possible configurations for perimeter minimizing bubble complexes enclosing more than two regions. We prove that…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rick Vaughn

Minimal surfaces with isothermal parameters admitting B\'{e}zier representation were studied by Cosin and Monterde. They showed that, up to an affine transformation, the Enneper surface is the only bi-cubic isothermal minimal surface. Here…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Ognian Kassabov , Krassimira Vlachkova

We consider surfaces in Euclidean space parametrized on an annular domain such that the first fundamental form and the principal curvatures are rotationally invariant, and the principal curvature directions only depend on the angle of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-29 Daniel Freese , Matthias Weber

We find the first examples of triply periodic minimal surfaces of which the intrinsic symmetries are all of horizontal type.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-07-07 M. F. da Silva , G. A. Lobos , V. Ramos Batista

In this survey we report a general and systematic approach to study $[\varphi,\vec{e}_{3}]$-minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ from a geometric viewpoint and show some fundamental results obtained in the recent development of this theory.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Antonio Martínez , A. L. Martínez-Triviño

In many cases rational surfaces obtained by desingularization of birational dynamical systems are not relatively minimal. We propose a method to obtain coordinates of relatively minimal rational surfaces by using blowing down structure. We…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-04-09 Adrian Stefan Carstea , Tomoyuki Takenawa

We suggest a new definition for discrete minimal surfaces in terms of sphere packings with orthogonally intersecting circles. These discrete minimal surfaces can be constructed from Schramm's circle patterns. We present a variational…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexander I. Bobenko , Tim Hoffmann , Boris A. Springborn

The paper is devoted to relations between topological and metric properties of germs of real surfaces, obtained by analytic maps from $R^2$ to $R^4$. We show that for a big class of such surfaces the normal embedding property implies the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-19 Lev Birbrair , Rodrigo Mendes , Juan Jose Nuño-Ballesteros

We discover a family of closed, embedded minimal surfaces in the three-dimensional round sphere which includes new examples with low genus. The existence proof relies on an equivariant min-max procedure applied to a novel sweepout which is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Mario B. Schulz , David Wiygul

The study of minimal surfaces has a long history, due to the important applications. Given a fixed boundary, one wants to minimise the surface area: this can be used, for example, to minimise the area of the roof of a building. Similarly,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-11 Johanna Marie Gegenfurtner

This paper proves that classical minimal surfaces of arbitrary topological type with total boundary curvature at most 4\pi must be smoothly embedded. Related results are proved for varifolds and for soap film surfaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tobias Ekholm , Brian White , Daniel Wienholtz

For each nonnegative integer $m$ we construct in the round three-sphere a closed embedded minimal surface of genus $48m+25$ which can be interpreted as a desingularization of the union of three Clifford tori intersecting pairwise…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Nikolaos Kapouleas , David Wiygul

We characterise when a set of simple closed curves in an orientable surface forms a bouquet, in terms of relations between the corresponding Dehn twists.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Sebastian Baader , Peter Feller , Levi Ryffel

Consider a domain D in R^3 which is convex (possibly all R^3) or which is smooth and bounded. Given any open surface M, we prove that there exists a complete, proper minimal immersion f : M --> D. Moreover, if D is smooth and bounded, then…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-03-26 Leonor Ferrer , Francisco Martin , William H. Meeks

We use vector-bundle techniques in order to compute $\dim W^1_d(C)$ where $C$ is general and smooth in a linear system on an unnodal Enriques surface. We furthermore find new examples of smooth curves on Enriques surfaces with an infinite…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-08-28 Nils Henry Rasmussen , Shengtian Zhou

In this paper, we apply techniques from equivariant geometry to prove that a generalized Bour's theorem holds for surfaces that are invariant under the action of a one-parameter group of isometries of a three-dimensional Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Iury Domingos , Irene I. Onnis , Paola Piu

For all open Riemann surface M and real number $\theta \in (0,\pi/4),$ we construct a conformal minimal immersion $X=(X_1,X_2,X_3):M \to \mathbb{R}^3$ such that $X_3+\tan(\theta) |X_1|:M \to \mathbb{R}$ is positive and proper. Furthermore,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-13 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

Extending work of Kapouleas and Yang, for any integers $N \geq 2$, $k, \ell \geq 1$, and $m$ sufficiently large, we apply gluing methods to construct in the round $3$-sphere a closed embedded minimal surface that has genus $k\ell…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-28 David Wiygul