Proves smoothness of minimal surfaces near polyhedral boundaries.
problem Smoothness of free-boundary minimal surfaces near polyhedral domains.
method Allard-type regularity theorem for minimal surfaces in convex polyhedra.
result Minimal surfaces are C1,α graphical over a free-boundary plane if close to it. The paper studies free boundary minimal surfaces with many boundaries and their convergence to closed minimal surfaces.
problem Sharp isoperimetric inequalities for Steklov eigenvalues on surfaces with many boundary components.
method Maximization of Steklov eigenvalues and convergence analysis of free boundary minimal surfaces.
result Free boundary minimal surfaces converge to closed minimal surfaces in the boundary sphere as the number of boundary components increases.
New minimal surfaces found in ball with boundary constraints.
problem Finding minimal surfaces with boundary conditions.
method Equivariant differential geometry approach.
result A family of free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball.
The paper develops a theory for free boundary minimal surfaces with genus at least one.
problem Finding minimal surfaces with specific genus and boundary conditions.
method Using sweepouts of surfaces of genus g≥1 and m≥1 ideal boundary components, the paper constructs a min-max theory for free boundary minimal surfaces.
result The width for the area functional can be achieved by a bubble tree limit of branched genus g free boundary minimal surfaces with nodes.
Researchers found multiple surfaces with same topological and symmetry properties.
problem Determining unique free boundary minimal surfaces from topology and symmetry.
method Provided pairs of non-isometric surfaces with same genus, boundary components, and symmetry group.
result Infinitely many pairs of surfaces with same topology and symmetry group exist.
Embedded surfaces in a ball have any genus and connected boundary.
problem Existence of embedded free boundary minimal surfaces with specific properties.
method Min-max techniques applied to the unit ball in R3. result Existence of embedded free boundary minimal surfaces with connected boundary and arbitrary genus.
In this paper we establish a connection between free boundary minimal surfaces in a ball in R3 and free boundary cones arising in a one-phase problem. We prove that a doubly connected minimal surface with free boundary in a ball is a catenoid.
The paper constructs free boundary minimal surfaces in product spaces using eigenvalue methods.
problem Constructing free boundary minimal surfaces in product spaces of balls.
method Extremal eigenvalue approach involving mixed Steklov-Neumann eigenvalues.
result No absolute maximum exists for the problem in product spaces.
In this paper we investigate free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball in Euclidean 3-space, and by using holomorphic techniques we prove that intersection curves of free boundary minimal surfaces with the unit sphere are all circles.
The study bounds the topology of free boundary minimal surfaces in 3D manifolds.
problem Understanding the topology of free boundary minimal surfaces in compact 3D manifolds.
method Establishing general bounds on the topology via min-max methods and analyzing varifolds.
result The first Betti number is lower semicontinuous in the limit of min-max sequences.
We prove surfaces are unknotted with specific properties.
problem Unknottedness of free boundary minimal surfaces and self-shrinkers.
method Introduced concepts of boundary graph and graph at infinity to prove unknottedness.
result Proved surfaces are unknotted with specific properties.
In this survey, we discuss some recent results on free boundary minimal surfaces in the Euclidean unit-ball. The subject has been a very active field of research in the past few years due to the seminal work of Fraser and Schoen on the extremal Steklov eigenvalue problem. We review several different techniques of const…
Minimal surfaces reflect across spheres, proving annulus uniqueness.
problem Uniqueness of free boundary minimal annuli in balls.
method Reflection principle applied to minimal surfaces meeting spheres at 90 degrees.
result Every embedded free boundary minimal annulus in a ball is the critical catenoid.
Study on minimal surfaces with free boundary in a half-space, improving index estimates.
problem Non-existence of index two embedded minimal surfaces with free boundary in a half-space.
method Improved estimates of Neumann and Dirichlet indices, simplified proof of lower bounds.
result Answered Ambrozio et al.'s question and provided new lower bounds.
Constructs minimal annuli with free boundary in hyperbolic 3-space.
problem Finding minimal surfaces with boundary in hyperbolic geometry.
method Constructs families of non-rotational minimal annuli with shared symmetry.
result Bifurcates from hyperbolic catenoids, forming a countable collection.
Paper proves surfaces with specific symmetries have the first Steklov eigenvalue.
problem Proving surfaces with certain symmetries have the first Steklov eigenvalue.
method Analyzing surfaces with reflection planes and genus zero.
result Surfaces with n distinct reflection planes have the first Steklov eigenvalue. In the Euclidean unit three-ball, we construct compact, embedded, two-sided free boundary minimal surfaces with connected boundary and prescribed high genus, by a gluing construction tripling the equatorial disc. Aside from the equatorial disc itself, these are the first examples in the three-ball of compact free bound…
Study investigates minimal surfaces in spherical caps, extending previous findings.
problem Characterizing minimal surfaces with free boundaries and capillary conditions in spherical caps.
method Extending previous half-space intersection properties to warped products and capillary minimal surfaces in high codimension.
result Established a dual operation relating free boundary and capillary minimal surfaces.
Proves existence of mean curvature flow with surgery for free boundary surfaces.
problem Existence of mean curvature flow with free boundary.
method New approach for flows with surgery in free boundary setting.
result Flow converges to stable minimal surfaces without surgeries for large t.
For each integer g≥1 we use variational methods to construct in the unit 3-ball B a free boundary minimal surface Σg of symmetry group Dg+1. For g large, Σg has three boundary components and genus g. As g→∞ the surfaces Σg converge as varifolds to the union of the d…
In continuing the study of harmonic mapping from 2-dimensional Riemannian simplicial complexes in order to construct minimal surfaces with singularity, we obtain an a-priori regularity result concerning the real analyticity of the free boundary curve. The free boundary is the singular set along which three disk-type mi…
We prove a lower bound for the first Steklov eigenvalue of embedded minimal hypersurfaces with free boundary in a compact n-dimensional manifold which has nonnegative Ricci curvature and strictly convex boundary. When n=3, this implies apriori area and curvature estimates for these minimal surfaces in terms of the …
Constructs minimal surfaces in a 3-ball using PDE gluing.
problem Finding minimal surfaces in a 3-ball with boundary constraints.
method PDE gluing construction of discrete free boundary minimal annuli.
result Discrete family of non-rotational free boundary minimal annuli in a unit 3-ball.
Study of free boundary minimal surfaces with new existence and degeneration results.
problem Understanding free boundary minimal surfaces and their properties.
method Degeneration analysis and equivariant min-max scheme to prove existence.
result Existence and degeneration results for free boundary minimal surfaces.
The study finds the optimal metrics for free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps.
problem Optimizing metrics for free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps.
method Introducing functionals based on eigenvalues of Steklov-type problems and proving maximizers are induced by immersions.
result Maximizing metrics are induced by free boundary minimal immersions in geodesic balls of a round sphere.
Bound on equivariant index for min-max surfaces.
problem Bounding the index of equivariant min-max surfaces.
method Equivariant min-max procedure with group action.
result Equivariant index bound by number of parameters.
Study finds new minimal surfaces in Schwarzschild space.
problem Existence of non-totally geodesic minimal surfaces in Schwarzschild space.
method Family of properly embedded free boundary minimal hypersurfaces of revolution.
result Existence of new minimal surfaces with circular boundaries in Schwarzschild space.
The critical catenoid is uniquely determined by certain symmetries of its boundary.
problem Uniqueness of free boundary minimal annuli in a half-ball.
method Symmetry analysis and boundary conditions.
result An embedded free boundary minimal annulus with specific symmetries is congruent to the critical catenoid.
Paper studies minimal surfaces in curved spaces, proving existence and properties.
problem Existence and properties of minimal surfaces with free boundaries.
method Degree theory, Banach manifold construction, Fredholm map analysis.
result Space of partially free boundary minimal half disks is a Banach manifold.
Study of free boundary minimal Möbius bands in spherical caps.
problem Characterizing minimal surfaces with free boundary in spherical caps.
method Analyzing spectral properties and geometric constraints.
result Proves that any free boundary minimal Möbius band in spherical caps must be intrinsically rotationally symmetric.
Study proves rigidity of minimal hypersurfaces in specific manifolds.
problem Proving rigidity of complete free boundary minimal hypersurfaces.
method Warped θ-bubble method, generalizing capillary surfaces. result No complete two-sided stable free boundary immersions in unit ball of R4. Study finds a minimal surface in a ball with specific properties.
problem Finding minimal surfaces in bounded domains.
method 6-sweepout technique to prove existence and properties of minimal surfaces.
result Existence of a free boundary minimal surface with specified topological and geometric constraints.
Inspired by work of Ejiri-Micallef on closed minimal surfaces, we compare the energy index and the area index of a free-boundary minimal surface of a Riemannian manifold with boundary, and show that the area index is controlled from above by the area and the topology of the surface. Combining these results with work of…
New minimal discs and annuli found in ellipsoids.
problem Constructing minimal surfaces in ellipsoids.
method Equivariant variational methods.
result At least three distinct embedded free boundary minimal annuli in ellipsoids.
Minimal surfaces in a ball have limited area.
problem Bounding the area of genus zero minimal surfaces in a unit ball.
method Proving an area inequality and showing convergence of saturating sequences.
result The area of each nonflat surface is less than its radial projection, with sharp asymptotic bounds.
Constructs minimal surfaces near the boundary of a ball.
problem Creating minimal surfaces close to the boundary of a ball.
method PDE gluing methods to construct FBMS of genus zero.
result Desingularizations of catenoidal annuli and flat discs near the boundary.
Minimal surfaces in spheres constructed from symmetry reductions of ODEs.
problem Construct minimal surfaces in spheres with symmetry.
method Doubling links of free-boundary minimal cones in R^(p+q+3) with bi-orthogonal symmetry.
result Existence of minimal embeddings of S^p × S^q × S^1 in S^(p+q+2).
Study anisotropic obstacle problem for minimal surfaces using Cahn-Hoffman transform.
problem Anisotropic obstacle problem for minimal surfaces.
method Cahn-Hoffman transform to convert to isotropic problem with generalized Robin boundary condition.
result Optimal regularity of the solution and C1,1 regularity of the free boundary. The study finds minimal surfaces in complex space forms are often totally geodesic.
problem Characterizing minimal surfaces with specific geometric properties in complex space forms.
method Analyzing free-boundary minimal surfaces in geodesic balls of complex space forms.
result Minimal surfaces in certain complex space forms are either totally geodesic or superminimal.
From minimal surfaces such as Simons' cone and catenoids, using refined Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction method, we construct new solutions for a free boundary problem whose free boundary has two components. In dimension 8, using variational arguments, we also obtain solutions which are global minimizers of the correspondi…
In this note we investigate free boundary minimal surfaces in the Euclidean 3-space, and by using holomorphic techniques developed by Fraser and Schoen we prove that the free boundary minimal annulus is the critical catenoid.
Numerical methods solve Steklov eigenvalue problems to generate free boundary minimal surfaces.
problem Generating free boundary minimal surfaces using Steklov eigenvalue problems.
method Maximizing Steklov eigenvalues over a class of metrics, using conformal uniformization and gradient-based optimization.
result Numerical solutions for free boundary minimal surfaces with various boundary components.
New mathematical surfaces without boundaries found.
problem Existence of nonlocal free boundary minimal surfaces.
method Fractional perimeter critical points with invariant boundary.
result Existence of nonlocal free boundary minimal surfaces without boundaries.
We prove a local splitting theorem for three-manifolds with mean convex boundary and scalar curvature bounded from below that contain certain locally area-minimizing free boundary surfaces. Our methods are based on those of Micallef and Moraru. We use this local result to establish a global rigidity theorem for area-mi…
Study finds surfaces in spherical caps that maximize modified energy.
problem Geometry of surfaces with free boundaries and capillary conditions.
method Monotonicity formulae and energy maximization analysis.
result Capillary minimal surfaces maximize a modified energy in their conformal orbit.
We study free boundary minimal surfaces in the unit ball of low cohomogeneity. For each pair of positive integers (m,n) such that m,n>1 and m+n≥8, we construct a free boundary minimal surface Σm,n⊂Bm+n(1) invariant under O(m)×O(n). When m+n<8, an instability of the resulting equat…
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 study finds many Möbius bands and annuli on toroids.
problem Finding minimal surfaces on toroids.
method Equivariant variational methods.
result Linear growth of surface areas with symmetry order.