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We prove several results on approximation and interpolation of holomorphic Legendrian curves in convex domains in $\mathbb{C}^{2n+1}$, $n \geq 2$, with the standard contact structure. Namely, we show that such a curve, defined on a compact…

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In this paper we show that the space of holomorphic immersions from any given open Riemann surface, $M$, into the Riemann sphere $\mathbb{CP}^1$ is weakly homotopy equivalent to the space of continuous maps from $M$ to the complement of the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Franc Forstneric

We prove that on every compact Riemann surface $M$ there is a Cantor set $C \subset M$ such that $M \setminus C$ admits a proper conformal constant mean curvature one ($\mathrm{CMC\text{-}1}$) immersion into hyperbolic $3$-space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Ildefonso Castro-Infantes , Jorge Hidalgo

In this paper we study holomorphic Legendrian curves in the standard holomorphic contact structure on $\mathbb{C}^{2n+1}$ for any $n\in\mathbb{N}$. We provide several approximation and desingularization results which enable us to prove…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric , Francisco J. Lopez

Given a smooth open oriented surface \(X\), endowed with a family of complex structures \(\{J_b\}_{b\in B}\) of some H\"older class and depending continuously or smoothly on the parameter \(b\) in a suitable topological space \(B\), we…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Franc Forstneric

In this paper we study horizontal curvatures for surfaces embedded in three-dimensional contact sub-Riemannian Lie groups. Using a Riemannian approximation scheme, we derive explicit formulas for horizontal Gauss curvature, horizontal mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Elia Bubani , Andrea Pinamonti , Ioannis D. Platis , Dimitrios Tsolis

We use a new method to give conditions for the existence of a local isometric immersion of a Riemannian $n$-manifold $M$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n+k}$, for a given $n$ and $k$. These equate to the (local) existence of a $k$-tuple of scalar fields…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-02 Dan Gregorian Fodor

In this paper, we show that for every conformal minimal immersion $u:M\to \mathbb{R}^3$ from an open Riemann surface $M$ to $\mathbb{R}^3$ there exists a smooth isotopy $u_t:M\to\mathbb{R}^3$ $(t\in [0,1])$ of conformal minimal immersions,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric

Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface and $n\ge 3$ be an integer. We prove that on any closed discrete subset of $M$ one can prescribe the values of a conformal minimal immersion $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$. Our result also ensures jet-interpolation of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-10 Antonio Alarcon , Ildefonso Castro-Infantes

Let $M$ be a Riemann surface biholomorphic to an affine algebraic curve. We show that the inclusion of the space $\Re \mathrm{NC}_*(M,\mathbb{C}^n)$ of real parts of nonflat proper algebraic null immersions $M\to\mathbb{C}^n$, $n\ge 3$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-10 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric , Finnur Larusson

This paper brings several contributions to the classical Forster-Bell-Narasimhan conjecture and the Yang problem concerning the existence of proper and almost proper (hence complete) injective holomorphic immersions of open Riemann surfaces…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric

A holomorphic curve in moduli spaces is the image of a non-constant holomorphic map from a hyperbolic surface $B$ of type $(g,n)$ to the moduli space $\mathcal{M}_h$ of closed Riemann surfaces of genus $h$. We show that, when all peripheral…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Yibo Zhang

Membranes holomorphically embedded in flat noncompact space are constructed in terms of the degrees of freedom of an infinite collection of 0-branes. To each holomorphic curve we associate infinite-dimensional matrices which are static…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Lorenzo Cornalba , Washington Taylor

We shall discuss the class of surfaces with holomorphic right Gauss maps in non-compact duals of compact semisimple Lie groups (e.g. SL(n,C)/SU(n)), which contains minimal surfaces in R^n and constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in H^3. A…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Masatoshi Kokubu , Masaro Takahashi , Masaaki Umehara , Kotaro Yamada

A classical theorem in the theory of minimal surfaces establishes a correspondence between minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and null holomorphic curves in $\mathbb{C}^n$. A hyperbolic version of this correspondence is due to Bryant: null…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Andrei Teleman

We prove that for any open orientable surface $S$ of finite topology, there exist a Riemann surface $\mathcal{M},$ a relatively compact domain $M\subset\mathcal{M}$ and a continuous map $X:\bar{M}\to\mathbb{C}^3$ such that: $\mathcal{M}$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

Let U be a real form of a complex semisimple Lie group, and tau, sigma, a pair of commuting involutions on U. This data corresponds to a reflective submanifold of a symmetric space, U/K. We define an associated integrable system, and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-06 David Brander

We prove that for any given compact Riemannian manifold $N$ of dimension $n+1 \geq 3$ and any non-negative Lipschitz function $g$ on $N$, there exists a quasi-embedded, boundaryless hypersurface $M \subset N,$ of class $C^{2, \alpha}$ for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-19 Costante Bellettini , Neshan Wickramasekera

We prove that the envelope of meromorphy of any imbedded symplectic sphere in $CP^2$ coincides with the whole $CP^2$. As a tool for the proof we use the Gromov theory of pseudo-holomorphic curves. Several results in this subject, such as…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sergei Ivashkovich , Vsevolod Shevchishin

Let $H^4$ denote the hyperbolic four-space. Given a bordered Riemann surface, $M$, we prove that every smooth conformal superminimal immersion $\overline M\to H^4$ can be approximated uniformly on compacts in $M$ by proper conformal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-26 Franc Forstneric