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Construction of embedded periodic surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$

Differential Geometry 2017-07-31 v1

Abstract

We construct embedded minimal surfaces which are nn-periodic in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. They are new for codimension n22n-2\ge 2. We start with a Jordan curve of edges of the nn-dimensional cube. It bounds a Plateau minimal disk which Schwarz reflection extends to a complete minimal surface. Studying the group of Schwarz reflections, we can characterize those Jordan curves for which the complete surface is embedded. For example, for n=4n=4 exactly five such Jordan curves generate embedded surfaces. Our results apply to surface classes other than minimal as well, for instance polygonal surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1707.09176,
  title  = {Construction of embedded periodic surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^n$},
  author = {Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann and Susanne Kürsten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09176},
  year   = {2017}
}

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27 pages, 5 figures

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