Flat stable minimal hypersurfaces in 5D are always flat.
problem Characterizing stable minimal hypersurfaces in higher dimensions.
method Analyzing properties of stable minimal hypersurfaces in \(\mathbf{R}^5\).
result Complete, two-sided stable minimal hypersurfaces in \(\mathbf{R}^5\) are flat.
Flat minimal hypersurfaces in 4D space are always flat.
problem Understanding stable minimal hypersurfaces in 4D space.
method Proving stability and completeness lead to flatness.
result Complete, stable minimal hypersurfaces in 4D are flat.
In this article we study minimal flat Lorentzian surfaces in Lorentzian complex space forms. First we prove that, for minimal flat Lorentzian surfaces in a Lorentzian complex form, the equation of Ricci is a consequence of the equations of Gauss and Codazzi. Then we classify minimal flat Lorentzian surfaces in the Lore…
The paper classifies minimal immersions of flat 3- and 4-tori in spheres by their first eigenfunctions.
problem Classifying minimal immersions of flat 3- and 4-tori in spheres by their first eigenfunctions.
method General construction of homogeneous minimal flat n-tori in spheres, detailed investigations of shortest vectors in lattices.
result There exists a 2-parameter family of non-congruent λ1-minimal flat 4-tori.
Flat stable minimal hypersurfaces in 5 or 6D are always flat.
problem Characterizing stable minimal hypersurfaces in high-dimensional spaces.
method Proving stability of anisotropic minimal hypersurfaces in R5 and R6 under certain smoothness conditions. result Complete, stable anisotropic minimal hypersurfaces in R5 or R6 are flat if the anisotropic area functional is C4-close to the area functional. Study on totally real flat minimal surfaces in quaternionic projective space.
problem Characterizing the moduli space of totally real flat minimal immersions in HP^3.
method Analyzing the moduli space of linearly full totally real flat minimal immersions from C into HP^3.
result The moduli space has three components, each a 6-dimensional manifold.
New findings on minimal isometric immersions of flat n-tori into spheres.
problem Conditions for minimal isometric immersions of flat n-tori into spheres.
method Analyzes rationality conditions and derives upper bounds for algebraic irrationality degree.
result Upper bound for algebraic irrationality degree of minimal isometric immersions is sharp and equals 4 for n=3.
Flat stable minimal hypersurfaces found in 6D space.
problem Existence of stable minimal hypersurfaces in R6. method Adapted Chodosh-Li-Minter-Stryker strategy with volume estimates.
result Complete, two-sided stable minimal hypersurfaces in R6 are flat. Proof that stable minimal surfaces in 3D are flat.
problem Classification of stable minimal surfaces in R3. method Index theory for Dirac operators on twisted spinor bundles.
result Every complete two-sided stable minimal surface in R3 is flat. Optimal flat ribbons can be created from nonplanar curves with minimal energy.
problem Finding the optimal shape of flat ribbons from nonplanar curves.
method Direct method of the calculus of variations.
result Optimal flat ribbons can be created with minimal bending energy, but they may have isolated planar points.
In this paper, we study trigonal minimal surfaces in flat tori. First, we show a topological obstruction similar to that of hyperelliptic minimal surfaces. Actually, the genus of trigonal minimal surface in 3-dimensional flat torus must be 1 (mod 3). Next, we construct an explicit example in the higher codimensional ca…
Study totally real flat minimal surfaces in hyperquadric.
problem Characterize totally real minimal surfaces in complex hyperquadric.
method Analyze geometric properties and use harmonic sequences.
result Classify totally real flat minimal surfaces for N=4, 5, 6.
The study bounds Hausdorff measure of flat singular points in area-minimizing currents.
problem Bounding Hausdorff measure of flat singular points in area-minimizing currents.
method Proving locally finite (m−2)-dimensional Hausdorff measure and Minkowski content bounds. result The set of flat singular points has locally finite (m−2)-dimensional Hausdorff measure. It is well-known that a minimal graph of codimension one is stable, i.e. the second variation of the area functional is non-negative. This is no longer true for higher codimensional minimal graphs. In this note, we prove that a minimal graph of any codimension is stable if its normal bundle is flat. We also prove minim…
We show that an asymptotically flat Riemannian three-manifold with non-negative scalar curvature is isometric to flat R3 if it admits an unbounded area-minimizing surface. This answers a question of R. Schoen.
Anisotropic minimal graphs over half-spaces are flat.
problem Characterizing minimal graphs over half-spaces.
method Maximum principle and fully nonlinear PDE theory.
result Anisotropic minimal graphs over half-spaces are flat.
A theorem simplifies mass-minimizing flat chains' regularity.
problem Understanding the regularity of mass-minimizing flat chains.
method Simple condition for fundamental regularity principle.
result Fundamental regularity principle holds for mass-minimizing chains.
We establish a quantitative lower bound on the reach of flat norm minimizers for boundaries in R2.
Study on flat singularities of area-minimizing currents in codimension one.
problem Understanding flat singularities of area-minimizing currents in codimension one.
method Analyzing the structure of two-dimensional mod(q) area-minimizing currents near flat singularities.
result Currents are C1,α-perturbations of radially homogeneous special multiple-valued functions. Let (M,g) be an asymptotically flat 3-manifold containing no closed embedded minimal surfaces. We prove that for every point p∈M there exists a complete properly embedded minimal plane in M containing p.
Rectifies flat singular points for area-minimizing currents.
problem Understanding singularities of area-minimizing currents.
method Analyzes countably (m−2)-rectifiable singular points with flat tangent cones. result The set of singular density-Q points is countably (m−2)-rectifiable and has finite upper Minkowski content. In this paper, by studying the position of umbilical normal vectors in the normal bundle, we prove that pseudo-umbilical totally real submanifolds with flat normal connection in non-flat complex space forms must be minimal.
The paper proves foliation of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in asymptotically flat manifolds.
problem Proving foliation of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in asymptotically flat manifolds.
method Demonstrates foliation by area-minimizing hypersurfaces, proving the existence of hypersurfaces asymptotic to Cartesian coordinate hyperplanes.
result Verifies a version of the Schoen Conjecture for asymptotically flat manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and positive mass.
In this expository article, we illustrate how two independent flat structures on minimal surfaces induce a harmonic function, which captures the uniqueness of Enneper's surface.
Paper proves stable minimal surfaces in 3D are flat.
problem Understanding stable minimal surfaces in 3D.
method Analyzes quadratic area growth and stability conditions.
result Stable minimal Plateau surfaces in 3D are flat.
We consider the sigma models where the base metric is proportional to the metric of the configuration space. We show that the corresponding sigma model equation admits a Lax pair. We also show that this type of sigma models in two dimensions are intimately related to the minimal surfaces in a flat pseudo Riemannian 3-s…
Flat minimal hypersurfaces found in wedge-shaped domains.
problem Finding minimal surfaces in wedge-shaped domains.
method Proving stability and flatness of C1,1-to-edge minimal hypersurfaces. result Stable minimal hypersurfaces are flat in wedge-shaped domains.
Improved flatness in annuli using PDE methods.
problem Flatness improvement in annuli.
method PDE-based approach adapted to exterior domains.
result Alternative proof of minimal surface end-structure and asymptotics.
Minimal surfaces in harmonic conformally flat space are studied.
problem Minimal surfaces in harmonic conformally flat space.
method Variational geometry approach focusing on mean curvature and Willmore functionals.
result Critical points of mean curvature functional are homeomorphic to the sphere.
This is a continuation of our previous paper [14]. In [14], we introduced the first Aeppli-Chern class on compact complex manifolds, and proved that the (1,1) curvature form of the Levi-Civita connection represents the first Aeppli-Chern class which is a natural link between Riemannian geometry and complex geometry. …
This article is concerned with the study of the holonomy group of flat solvmanifolds. It is known that the holonomy group of a flat solvmanifold is abelian; we give an elementary proof of this fact and moreover we prove that any finite abelian group is the holonomy group of a flat solvmanifold. Furthermore, we show tha…
Inspired by the Finn-Osserman (1964), Chern (1969), do Carmo-Peng (1979) proofs of the Bernstein theorem, which characterizes flat planes as the only entire minimal graphs, we prove a new rigidity theorem for associate families connecting the doubly periodic Scherk graphs and the singly periodic Scherk towers. Our char…
In this study, we analyze the general canal surfaces in terms of the features flat, II-flat minimality and II-minimality, namely we study under which conditions the first and second Gauss and mean curvature vanishes, i.e. K=0, H=0, K_{II}=0 and H_{II} =0. We give a non-existence result for general canal surfaces in E^3…
Study on flat singular points of area-minimizing currents, defining a singularity degree.
problem Understanding the structure of singular points in area-minimizing integral currents.
method Analysis of vanishing sequences of scales around a singular point, defining a singularity degree.
result The singularity degree is independent of the chosen vanishing sequence and has interesting properties.
We study Ricci flows on Rn, n≥3, that evolve from asymptotically flat initial data. Under mild conditions on the initial data, we show that the flow exists and remains asymptotically flat for an interval of time. The mass is constant in time along the flow. We then specialize to the case of rotationally symmetr…
Flat minimal tori counterexamples refute Lu's second-gap conjecture.
problem Lu's second-gap conjecture about minimal surfaces in higher codimensions.
method Constructing closed embedded counterexamples for minimal surfaces.
result Constant values of S+λ2 realized by flat minimal tori are dense in (2,3), refuting the conjecture. Paper proves rigidity and index of Y-cones in unit ball.
problem Proving rigidity and index of Y-cones in the unit ball.
method Analyzes conformal and minimal immersions of Y-cones meeting the boundary orthogonally.
result Y-cones are the only free boundary minimal surfaces with Morse index 2(n-2).
The paper proves the existence of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in AF manifolds of higher dimensions.
problem Existence of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in AF manifolds with arbitrary dimension and ends.
method Positive mass theorem for AF manifolds with arbitrary ends and global behavior for hypersurfaces in AF manifolds of dimension ≤ 8.
result Existence and behavior of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in AF manifolds of higher dimensions.
The paper proves stability for scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary.
problem Stability of scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Reduced problem to boundary functional and used deficit control.
result Deficit controls distance to minimizing set on manifolds with boundary.
The paper classifies PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
problem Characterizing PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
method Analyzing the properties of hypersurfaces with at most two distinct principal curvatures.
result PMCV hypersurfaces are either minimal or locally isoparametric.
Rectifies flat singular points of area-minimizing currents with singularity degree > 1.
problem Rectifying flat singular points of area-minimizing currents with singularity degree > 1.
method Subdividing singular points based on singularity degree and proving rectifiability of points with singularity degree > 1.
result The set of points with singularity degree > 1 is (m-2)-rectifiable.
In this paper, we study totally real minimal surfaces in the quaternionic projective space HPn. We prove that the linearly full totally real flat minimal surfaces of isotropy order n in HPn are two surfaces in CPn, one of which is the Clifford solution, up to symplectic congruence.
Develops a new method for minimal Lagrangian surfaces in complex quadrics.
problem Finding minimal Lagrangian surfaces in complex quadrics.
method Loop group representation and flat connections.
result Equivalence of minimality and flatness of connections, explicit families of examples.
Study minimizers in large volume isoperimetric problems with a new flatness criterion.
problem Minimizers in isoperimetric problems with a compact obstacle.
method Study Plateau-type problem with free boundary, develop mesoscale flatness criterion.
result Identify isoperimetric residue in energy expansion for large volume.
Generalizing earlier work by Ros in ambient dimension three, we prove an affine lower bound for the Morse index of closed minimal hypersurfaces inside a flat torus in terms of their first Betti number (with purely dimensional coefficients).
We derive a permutability theorem for the Christoffel, Goursat and Darboux transformations of isothermic surfaces. As a consequence we obtain a simple proof of a relation between Darboux pairs of minimal surfaces in Euclidean space, curved flats in the 2-sphere and flat fronts in hyperbolic space.
New method detects Kaehler scalar flat metrics and minimal hypersurfaces.
problem Detecting Kaehler scalar flat metrics and minimal hypersurfaces.
method New general method to describe Kaehler scalar flat metrics and check stability.
result Penrose Inequality holds for Kaehler scalar flat ALE spaces, and inequalities are incomparable.
New examples show flat singular sets can be arbitrarily complex.
problem Understanding the structure of singular sets in almost-minimizing currents.
method Construction of specific examples of area almost-minimizing currents.
result Flat singular sets can contain any closed empty interior subset of a plane.