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In [2], the authors develop a global correspondence between immersed weakly horospherically convex hypersurfaces $\phi:M^n \to \mathbb{H}^{n+1}$ and a class of conformal metrics on domains of the round sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$. Some of the key…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Vincent Bonini , Jie Qing , Jingyong Zhu

We elucidate the geometric background of function-theoretic properties for the Gauss maps of several classes of immersed surfaces in three-dimensional space forms, for example, minimal surfaces in Euclidean three-space, improper affine…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-29 Yu Kawakami

On four-dimensional closed manifolds we introduce a class of canonical Riemannian metrics, that we call weak harmonic Weyl metrics, defined as critical points in the conformal class of a quadratic functional involving the norm of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Giovanni Catino , Paolo Mastrolia , Dario D. Monticelli , Fabio Punzo

This work is dedicated to the study of the Moebius invariant class of constrained Willmore surfaces and its symmetries. We define a spectral deformation by the action of a loop of flat metric connections; Baecklund transformations, by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Áurea Casinhas Quintino

A theorem of Lawson and Simons states that the only stable minimal submanifolds in complex projective spaces are complex submanifolds. We generalize their result to the cases of quaternionic and octonionic projective spaces. Our approach…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-28 Siu-Cheong Lau , Naichung Conan Leung

Motivated by the theory of harmonic maps on Riemannian surfaces, conformal-harmonic maps between two Riemannian manifolds $M$ and $N$ were introduced in search of a natural notion of harmonicity for maps defined on a general even…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Longzhi Lin , Jingyong Zhu

We show that 4--dimensional conformal field theory is most naturally formulated on Kulkarni 4--folds, i. e. real 4--folds endowed with an integrable quaternionic structure. This leads to a formalism that parallels very closely that of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Roberto Zucchini

In this paper we prove two results. The first shows that the Dirichlet-Neumann map of the operator $\Delta_g+q$ on a Riemannian surface can determine its topological, differential, and metric structure. Earlier work of this type assumes a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Cătălin I. Cârstea , Tony Liimatainen , Leo Tzou

Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface. We prove that every meromorphic function on $M$ is the complex Gauss map of a conformal minimal immersion $M\to\mathbb{R}^3$ which may furthermore be chosen as the real part of a holomorphic null curve…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric , Francisco J. Lopez

The family of Willmore immersions from a Riemann surface into $S^{n+2}$ can be divided naturally into the subfamily of Willmore surfaces conformally equivalent to a minimal surface in $\R^{n+2}$ and those which are not conformally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Peng Wang

In our previous papers we repeatedly emphasized the special role in Quaternionic Analysis of the conformal group SU(2,2) and other real forms of its complexification SL(4,C). In particular, the natural product map of the left and right…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Igor Frenkel , Matvei Libine

We consider the problem of minimizing the Willmore energy in the class of conformal immersions of a given closed, genus p Riemann surface into R^n for n=3,4. We prove existence of a smooth minimizer, provided that the infimum is below a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Ernst Kuwert , Reiner Schätzle

We review and give elementary proofs of Liouville type properties of harmonic and subharmonic functions in the plane endowed with a complete Riemannian metric, and prove a gap theorem for the possible growth of harmonic functions when this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-15 Jean C. Cortissoz

We present the simplest non-abelian version of Seiberg-Witten theory: Quaternionic monopoles. These monopoles are associated with Spin^h(4)-structures on 4-manifolds and form finite-dimensional moduli spaces. On a Kahler surface the…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2009-10-28 Ch. Okonek , A. Teleman

Let $U$ be a multiply connected domain of the Riemann sphere $\hat{C}$ whose complement $\hat{C}\setminus U$ has $N<\infty$ components. We show that every conformal map on $U$ can be written as a composition of $N$ maps conformal on simply…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-07-05 Benjamin Doyon

If a smooth compact 4-manifold M admits a Kaehler-Einstein metric g of positive scalar curvature, Gursky showed that its conformal class [g] is an absolute minimizer of the Weyl functional among all conformal classes with positive Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-14 Claude LeBrun

We study complete minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with finite total curvature and embedded planar ends. After conformal compactification via inversion, these yield examples of surfaces stationary for the Willmore bending energy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Jonas Hirsch , Rob Kusner , Elena Mäder-Baumdicker

In this paper, we prove that every conformal minimal immersion of a compact bordered Riemann surface $M$ into a minimally convex domain $D\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ can be approximated, uniformly on compacts in $\mathring M=M\setminus bM$, by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Antonio Alarcon , Barbara Drinovec Drnovsek , Franc Forstneric , Francisco J. Lopez

We study a new class of functions that arise naturally in quaternionic analysis, we call them "quasi regular functions". Like the well-known quaternionic regular functions, these functions provide representations of the quaternionic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Igor Frenkel , Matvei Libine

The basic results of a new theory of regular functions of a quaternionic variable have been recently stated, following an idea of Cullen. In this paper we prove the minimum modulus principle and the open mapping theorem for regular…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2010-04-14 G. Gentili , C. Stoppato