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We investigate the minimal and isoperimetric surface problems in a large class of sub-Riemannian manifolds, the so-called Vertically Rigid spaces. We construct an adapted connection for such spaces and, using the variational tools of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Robert K. Hladky , Scott D. Pauls

In this work, complete constant mean curvature 1 (CMC-1) surfaces in hyperbolic 3-space with total absolute curvature at most 4 pi are classified. This classification suggests that the Cohn-Vossen inequality can be sharpened for surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-27 Masaaki Umehara , Wayne Rossman , Kotaro Yamada

We prove a general fusion theorem for complete orientable minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with finite total curvature. As a consequence, complete orientable minimal surfaces of weak finite total curvature with exotic geometry are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-04-16 Francisco J. Lopez

For closed odd-dimensional manifolds with sectional curvature less or equal than -1, we define the minimal surface entropy that counts the number of surface subgroups. It attains the minimum if and only if the metric is hyperbolic.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-28 Ruojing Jiang

We investigate the close relationship between minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space and constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic 3-space. Just as in the case of minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space, the only complete connected…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-29 Wayne Rossman , Katsunori Sato

It is well-known that for a surface in a 3-dimensional real space form the constancy of the mean curvature is equivalent to the harmonicity of the Gauss map. However, this is not true in general for surfaces in an arbitrary 3-dimensional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-04-18 Jun-ichi Inoguchi , Joeri Van der Veken

We study minimal graphs in the homogeneous Riemannian 3-manifold $\widetilde{PSL_2(\mathbb{R})}$ and we give examples of invariant surfaces. We derive a gradient estimate for solutions of the minimal surface equation in this space and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-02-26 Rami Younes

We introduce canonical principal parameters on any strongly regular minimal surface in the three dimensional sphere and prove that any such a surface is determined up to a motion by its normal curvature function satisfying the Sinh-Poisson…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-10-08 Georgi Ganchev

In the theory of Teichm\"uller space of Riemann surfaces, we consider the set of Riemann surfaces which are quasiconformally equivalent. For topologically finite Riemann surfaces, it is quite easy to examine if they are quasiconformally…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2019-08-30 Hiroshige Shiga

We classify complete orientable hypersurfaces of constant isotropic curvature in space forms. We show that such a hypersurface has constant mean curvature only if it is an isoparametric hypersurface, and that it is minimal if and only if it…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-18 H. A. Gururaja , Niteesh Kumar

The existence of embedded minimal surfaces in non-compact 3-manifolds remains a largely unresolved and challenging problem in geometry. In this paper, we address several open cases regarding the existence of finite-area, embedded, complete,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Baris Coskunuzer , Zheng Huang , Ben Lowe , Franco Vargas Pallete

In this note, we answer positively a question of Yau by proving the existence of closed minimal surfaces with negative induced curvature in any sphere of large dimension. The proof follows the strategy of Song, applying it to closed Riemann…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Michele Ancona , François Labourie , Anna Roig Sanchis , Jérémy Toulisse

For entire spacelike stationary 2-dimensional graphs in Minkowski spaces, we establish Bernstein type theorems under specific boundedness assumptions either on the W-function or on the total (Gaussian) curvature. These conclusions imply the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-23 Xiang Ma , Peng Wang , Ling Yang

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

Let $M$ be a space-like surface immersed in a 4-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian space form $R^4_2(c)$ with constant sectional curvature $c$ and index two. In the first part of this article, we prove that the Gauss curvature $K$, the normal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-12 Bang-Yen Chen

The classical Minkowski inequality in the Euclidean space provides a lower bound on the total mean curvature of a hypersurface in terms of the surface area, which is optimal on round spheres. In this paper we employ a locally constrained…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Julian Scheuer

Spacelike surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski space L^3 can be endowed with two different Riemannian metrics, the metric inherited from L^3 and the one induced by the Euclidean metric of R^3. It is well known that the only surfaces with zero…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-15 Alma L. Albujer , Magdalena Caballero

We present a complete system of inequalities for the inradius, circumradius, and diameter in the $3$-dimensional Euclidean space. To do so, we prove quasiconcavity of the inradius evaluated over $n$-simplices with a common facet…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-08 René Brandenberg , Bernardo González Merino , Mia Runge

Using the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet theorem, we establish a sharp inequality for the total Gauss-Kronecker curvature of convex hypersurfaces in Cartan-Hadamard manifolds $M^n$ with nullity index at least $n-3$. Consequently, the Euclidean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Mohammad Ghomi

We study global aspects of the mean curvature flow of non-separating hypersurfaces $S$ in closed manifolds. For instance, if $S$ has non-vanishing mean curvature, we show its level set flow converges smoothly towards an embedded minimal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Marco A. M. Guaraco , Vanderson Lima , Franco Vargas Pallete