arXiv research

The paper connects least area surfaces to quasi-normal surfaces in 3-manifolds.

Proves existence of least area free boundary hypersurface in compact manifolds.

We show that if P is an embedded least area (area minimizing) plane in hyperbolic 3-space whose asymptotic boundary is a simple closed curve with at least one smooth point, then P is properly embedded.

We prove that the least-perimeter partition of the sphere into four regions of equal area is a tetrahedral partition.

Motivated by classical theorems on minimal surface theory in compact hyperbolic three-manifolds, we investigate the questions of existence and deformations for least area minimal surfaces in complete noncompact hyperbolic three-manifold of finite volume. We prove any closed immersed incompressible surface can be deform…

We show that if $F$ is a smooth, closed, orientable surface embedded in a closed, orientable 3-manifold $M$ such that for each Riemannian metric $g$ on $M$, $F$ is isotopic to a least-area surface $F(g)$, then $F$ is incompressible.

Solves a problem posed by Brezis and Mironescu about least mass of area-minimizing currents.

E. Calabi and J. Cao showed that a closed geodesic of least length in a two-sphere with nonnegative curvature is always simple. Using min-max theory, we prove that for some higher dimensions, this result holds without assumptions on the curvature. More precisely, in a closed $(n+1)$-manifold with $2 \leq n \leq 6$, a l…

We prove that the unique least-perimeter way of partitioning the unit 2-dimensional disk into three regions of prescribed areas is by means of the standard graph consisting in three balanced constant geodesic curvature curves meeting themselves at 120 degrees, and reaching orthogonally the boundary of the disk.

New results show area-minimizing surfaces have fewer singularities than expected.

We show that for a generic simple closed curve C in the asymptotic boundary of a Gromov hyperbolic 3-space with cocompact metric X, there exist a unique least area plane P in X with asymptotic boundary C. This result has interesting topological applications for constructions of canonical 2-dimensional objects in 3-mani…

New bounds found for minimal surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

We show that for any extreme curve in a 3-manifold M, there exist a canonical mean convex hull containing all least area disks spanning the curve. Similar result is true for asymptotic case in hyperbolic 3-space such that for any asymptotic curve, there is a canonical mean convex hull containing all minimal planes span…

We study the number of solutions of the asymptotic Plateau problem in H^3. By using the analytical results in our previous paper, and some topological arguments, we show that there exists an open dense subset of C^3 Jordan curves in S^2_{infty}(H^3) such that any curve in this set bounds a unique least area plane in H^…

New convex programs solve minimal-area problems on Riemann surfaces.

We show that for any simple closed curve in the sphere at infinity of a Gromov hyperbolic 3-space with cocompact metric, there exist a properly embedded least area plane in the space spanning the given curve. This gives a positive answer to a conjecture of Gabai. Soma has already proven this conjecture earlier. Our tec…

For a family of spherical minimal catenoids C_a in the hyperbolic 3-space, there exist two constants 0<a_c<a_l such that the following are true: (1) C_a is an unstable minimal surface with index one if a<a_c, (2) C_a is a stable minimal surface if a>=a_c, and (3) C_a is a least area minimal surface in the sense of Meek…

The minimal area of Finsler disks with minimizing geodesics is at least 6/π r^2.

Metric of a 3-ball determined by minimal curve areas.

Upper bounds on area for surfaces with constant mean curvature in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

Let $α$ be a polygonal Jordan curve in $\bfR^3$. We show that if $α$ satisfies certain conditions, then the least-area Douglas-Radó disk in $\bfR^3$ with boundary $α$ is unique and is a smooth graph. As our conditions on $α$ are not included amongst previously known conditions for embeddedness, we are enlarging the set…

Two fundamental objects in knot theory are the minimal genus surface and the least area surface bounded by a knot in a 3-dimensional manifold. When the knot is embedded in a general 3-manifold, the problems of finding these surfaces were shown to be NP-complete and NP-hard respectively. However, there is evidence that …

In this paper, we study closed embedded minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian $(n+1)$-manifold ($2\le n\le 6$) that minimize area among such hypersurfaces. We show they exist and arise either by minimization techniques or by min-max methods: they have index at most $1$. We apply this to obtain a lower area bound for su…

The equatorial disk in a ball has the smallest area.

New optimal isosystolic inequality found for Finsler reversible 2-tori.

Researchers find minimal-area metrics on surfaces with constraints.

The area of a convex projective surface of genus $g\ge 2$ is at least $(g-1)π^2/2+\|τ\|^2/8$ where $τ=(\log t_i)$ is the vector of triangle invariants of Bonahon-Dreyer and $t_i$ are the Fock-Goncharov triangle coordinates.

Study on flat singular points of area-minimizing currents, defining a singularity degree.

Sharp inequalities for curved surfaces and cones.

A sphere has at least two geodesics whose product length is bounded by a constant times the area.

Study area-minimizing hypersurfaces in singular manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.

Study of large area-constrained Willmore surfaces in Schwarzschild-like manifolds.

The study confirms two cases of the convex body isoperimetric conjecture in the plane.

The classical isoperimetric inequality in R^3 states that the surface of smallest area enclosing a given volume is a sphere. We show that the least area surface enclosing two equal volumes is a double bubble, a surface made of two pieces of round spheres separated by a flat disk, meeting along a single circle at an ang…

We prove that the standard double bubble provides the least-area way to enclose and separate two regions of prescribed volume in \Bbb R^3.

We give sharp upper bounds on the maximal injectivity radius of finite-area hyperbolic surfaces and use them, for each g at least 2, to identify a constant r_{g-1,2} with the property that the set of closed genus-g hyperbolic surfaces with maximal injectivity radius at least r is compact if and only if r > r_{g-1,2}. T…

The following version of a conjecture of Fischer-Colbrie and Schoen is proved: If M is a complete Riemannian 3-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature which contains a two-sided torus S which is of least area in its isotopy class then M is flat. This follows from a local version derived in the paper.

Characterizes area-minimizing maps for surfaces of genus ≥ 2.

Study shows the minimum area of non-contractible 2-spheres is bounded in certain manifolds.

The study examines the index of MOTS in Kerr-Newman-de Sitter spacetime and its relation to mass and charge.

The study examines saddle connections on flat surfaces with poles of higher order, providing bounds and characterizations.

In this paper, we prove uniform lower bounds on the volume growth of balls in the universal covers of Riemannian surfaces and graphs. More precisely, there exists a constant $δ>0$ such that if $(M,hyp)$ is a closed hyperbolic surface and $h$ another metric on $M$ with $\area(M,h)\leq δ\area(M,hyp)$ then for every radiu…

Two curves in hyperbolic space share a bounded distance, leading to a minimizing surface.

Upper bound on singular set dimension for area-minimizing currents.

No Lagrangian Klein bottles found in $S^2 imes S^2$.

Curves inscribe rectangles with positive area.

Uniqueness proven for cylindrical tangent cones in high dimensions.

Study of hyperbolic polyhedral surfaces with regular faces.