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In this paper we prove that every bordered Riemann surface M admits a complete proper null holomorphic embedding into a ball of the complex Euclidean $3$-space $\mathbb{C}^3$. The real part of such an embedding is a complete conformal…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric

In this paper, we prove that every confomal minimal immersion of an open Riemann surface into $\mathbb{R}^n$ for $n\ge 5$ can be approximated uniformly on compacts by conformal minimal embeddings. Furthermore, we show that every open…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric , Francisco J. Lopez

This paper is the first in a series where we attempt to give a complete description of the space of all embedded minimal surfaces of fixed genus in a fixed (but arbitrary) closed Riemannian 3-manifold. The key for understanding such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tobias H. Colding , William P. Minicozzi

Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface and $n\ge 3$ be an integer. In this paper we establish some generic properties (in Baire category sense) in the space of all conformal minimal immersions $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$ endowed with the compact-open…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian $3$-manifold with sectional curvatures between $0$ and $1$. A minimal $2$-sphere immersed in $M$ has area at least $4\pi$. If an embedded minimal sphere has area $4\pi$, then $M$ is isometric to the unit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-12 Laurent Mazet , Harold Rosenberg

Let $G$ be a finite group acting on a connected open Riemann surface $X$ by holomorphic automorphisms and acting on a Euclidean space $\mathbb R^n$ $(n\ge 3)$ by orthogonal transformations. We identify a necessary and sufficient condition…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Franc Forstneric

Given an open Riemann surface $M$, we prove that every nonflat conformal minimal immersion $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$) is homotopic through nonflat conformal minimal immersions $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$ to a proper one. If $n\geq 5$, it may be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Tjasa Vrhovnik

In this paper we prove two theorems. The first one is a structure result that describes the extrinsic geometry of an embedded surface with constant mean curvature (possibly zero) in a homogeneously regular Riemannian three-manifold, in any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-10 William H. Meeks , Joaquín Pérez , Antonio Ros

In this paper, we show the existence of smoothly embedded closed minimal surfaces in infinite volume hyperbolic $3$-manifolds except some special cases.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Baris Coskunuzer

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

We prove a parametric h-principle for complete nonflat conformal minimal immersions of an open Riemann surface $M$ into $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geq 3$. It follows that the inclusion of the space of such immersions into the space of all nonflat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-04 Antonio Alarcon , Finnur Larusson

In this paper, we develop a general existence theory for properly embedded minimal surfaces with free boundary in any compact Riemannian 3-manifold $M$ with boundary $\partial M$. The main feature of our result is that no convexity…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-06 Martin Li

In this paper, we prove a uniform approximation theorem with interpolation for complete conformal minimal surfaces with finite total curvature in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ $(n\ge 3)$. As application, we obtain a Mittag-Leffler type…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

The paper contains a new proof that a complete, non-compact hyperbolic $3$-manifold $M$ with finite volume contains an immersed, closed, quasi-Fuchsian surface.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Mark D. Baker , Daryl Cooper

For any open orientable surface $M$ and convex domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{C}^3,$ there exists a Riemann surface $N$ homeomorphic to $M$ and a complete proper null curve $F:N\to\Omega.$ This result follows from a general existence theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-23 Antonio Alarcon , Francisco J. Lopez

We introduce a family of variational functionals for spinor fields on a compact Riemann surface $M$ that can be used to find close-to-conformal immersions of $M$ into $\mathbb{R}^3$ in a prescribed regular homotopy class. Numerical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Albert Chern , Felix Knöppel , Franz Pedit , Ulrich Pinkall , Peter Schröder

In this paper we consider three dimensional upper half space $\mathbb{H}^3 $ equipped with various Kropina metrics obtained by deformation of hyperbolic metric of $\mathbb{H}^3$ through $1$-forms and obtain a partial differential equation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Ashok Kumar , Ranadip Gangopadhyay , Bankteshwar Tiwari , Hemangi Madhusudan Shah

We establish a Mittag-Leffler-type theorem with approximation and interpolation for meromorphic curves $M\to \mathbb{C}^n$ ($n\geq 3$) directed by Oka cones in $\mathbb{C}^n$ on any open Riemann surface $M$. We derive a result of the same…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-09 Antonio Alarcon , Tjasa Vrhovnik

In this paper we have proved several approximation theorems for the family of minimal surfaces in R^3 that imply, among other things, that complete minimal surfaces are dense in the space of all minimal surfaces endowed with the topology of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 A. Alarcon , L. Ferrer , F. Martin

Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface and let $\Lambda\subset M$ be a closed discrete subset. In this paper, we prove the existence of complete conformal minimal immersions $M\to\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 3$, with prescribed values on $\Lambda$ and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-30 Ildefonso Castro-Infantes