Unique floating and buoyancy surfaces identify convex polytopes.
problem Identifying convex polytopes from their flotation and buoyancy surfaces.
method Proving uniqueness of surfaces for polytopes with uniform or prescribed density.
result Floating and buoyancy surfaces uniquely determine convex polytopes.
Study end sum for surfaces and prove uniqueness results.
problem Uniqueness of end sum for surfaces and related manifolds.
method Analyzing end sum and adding a 1-handle at infinity for surfaces.
result The end sum of two surfaces with compact boundary is uniquely determined by the chosen ends.
Unique incompressible surface in fibered 3-manifolds.
problem Finding unique incompressible surfaces in fibered 3-manifolds.
method Construction of a family of fibered hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result The unique incompressible surface is the fibre itself.
Paper proves uniqueness of Ricci flows from nonatomic measures on surfaces.
problem Existence and uniqueness of Ricci flows from nonatomic Radon measures.
method Combining previous work, established existence and proved uniqueness.
result Uniqueness of Ricci flows from nonatomic Radon measures on Riemann surfaces.
Paper proves uniqueness of specific spacetime surfaces in a lightcone.
problem Proving uniqueness of surfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature in a lightcone.
method Used a fairly generic notion of asymptotic flatness to prove uniqueness.
result Unique foliation by surfaces of constant spacetime mean curvature exists under weaker assumptions.
The study examines uniqueness and non-uniqueness of minimal surfaces in hyperbolic space.
problem Uniqueness and non-uniqueness of minimal surfaces in hyperbolic space.
method Analyzes criteria for uniqueness and constructs examples of non-uniqueness.
result Uniqueness of minimal surfaces is equivalent to uniqueness in a smaller class of stable minimal disks.
Unique minimal translation surfaces found in Heisenberg group.
problem Classifying minimal translation surfaces in Heisenberg group.
method Complete classification through generating curves analysis.
result Uniqueness of minimal translation surfaces up to isometries.
Unique minimal surfaces near quadratic cones are identified.
problem Identifying minimal surfaces near quadratic cones.
method Analyzing minimal hypersurfaces inside the unit ball with perturbed boundary conditions.
result Minimal surfaces are uniquely determined by their boundary conditions.
In the author's earlier work there appeared a new way to specify any smooth closed 4-manifold by a surface diagram, which consists of an orientable surface decorated with simple closed curves. These curves are cyclically indexed, and each curve has a unique transverse intersection with the next. Each surface diagram co…
Study Born-Infeld solitons and solve Björling problem for them.
problem Existence and non-uniqueness of solutions to the Björling problem for Born-Infeld solitons.
method Two approaches: treating as time-like minimal surfaces or using Barbashov-Chernikov representation.
result Solution to Björling problem may not be unique.
The paper explores biconservative surfaces in a 4D sphere, finding a unique family of non-isometric surfaces.
problem Characterizing biconservative surfaces with a parallel normalized mean curvature vector field in a 4D sphere.
method Analyzes existence and uniqueness, derives local parametrization.
result A 2-parameter family of non-isometric biconservative surfaces in a 4D sphere.
Proves unique continuation for area minimizing currents.
problem Ensuring area minimizing currents match minimal surfaces.
method Analyzes infinite order contact between currents and minimal surfaces.
result Currents and minimal surfaces coincide in a neighborhood.
Proves uniqueness of holomorphic quilts on surfaces.
problem Computing boundary maps of immersed Lagrangian Floer chain groups.
method Constructs holomorphic quilts from bigons on surfaces.
result Uniqueness of holomorphic quilts provides a combinatorial method for computing boundary maps.
We study the uniqueness of complete biconservative surfaces in the Euclidean space R3, and prove that the only complete biconservative regular surfaces in R3 are either CMC or certain surfaces of revolution. In particular, any compact biconservative regular surface in R3 is a round…
Biconservative surfaces are surfaces with divergence-free stress-bienergy tensor. Simply connected, complete, non-CMC biconservative surfaces in 3-dimensional space forms were constructed working in extrinsic and intrinsic ways. Then, one raises the question of the uniqueness of such surfaces. In this paper we give…
Proves uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces.
problem Proving uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces.
method Analyzes geodesic flows on closed orientable C^∞ surfaces, proving uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy and at most one SRB measure.
result Proves uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces, covering previous results and new examples.
Study on black holes and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, proving uniqueness theorems.
problem Uniqueness of black hole and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes.
method Potential theory approach, self-contained proofs for known and new cases.
result Proves new results for connected photon spheres and photon surfaces in the extremal case, and super-extremal case.
Characterizes and analyzes the large scale geometry of big mapping class groups of surfaces.
problem Analyzing the large scale geometry of big mapping class groups of surfaces with a unique maximal end.
method Building on previous work, the paper characterizes and analyzes the large scale geometry of big mapping class groups of surfaces with a unique maximal end.
result Proves that any locally CB big mapping class group is CB generated and gives an explicit criterion for determining which big mapping class groups are CB generated.
Curve shortening flow is not unique on certain metrics.
problem Non-uniqueness of curve shortening flow on specific metrics.
method Formulated a uniqueness conjecture and constructed a non-static solution.
result Curve shortening flow is not unique on a non-flat metric on the plane.
We construct an example of a uniquely ergodic measured foliation on a surface such that the associated translation flow on the orientation double cover is minimal but not uniquely ergodic. We then prove a geometric criterion for the horizontal foliation of a quadratic differential to be uniquely ergodic. The second the…
Paper proves uniqueness of black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
problem Proving uniqueness of static vacuum black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
method Combining and generalizing techniques from previous works by Müller zum Hagen, Robinson, and Seifert, the authors prove geometric inequalities for connected (n+1)-dimensional spacetimes.
result Recovering and extending known uniqueness results for black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
In this paper, we study dynamics of geodesic flows over closed surfaces of genus greater than or equal to 2 without focal points. Especially, we prove that there is a large class of potentials having unique equilibrium states, including scalar multiples of the geometric potential, provided the scalar is less than 1. Mo…
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.
In this paper, we study the Dirichlet problem associated to the maximal surface equation. We prove the uniqueness of bounded solutions to this problem in unbounded domain in R^2.
We describe a procedure for creating infinite families of hyperbolic knots having unique minimal genus Seifert surface. A large subset of these knots have the further property that the surface cannot be the sole compact leaf of a depth one foliation of the knot exterior.
Study on unique generalized Gauss maps of minimal surfaces sharing hypersurfaces in projective varieties.
problem Uniqueness of generalized Gauss maps for minimal surfaces with shared hypersurfaces in projective varieties.
method Analysis of minimal surfaces in Rn+1 with inverse images of hypersurfaces in a projective subvariety. result Generalization and improvement of previous results on the uniqueness of generalized Gauss maps.
Proves existence and uniqueness of metrics with negative curvature and singularities on compact surfaces.
problem Existence and uniqueness of conformal metrics with negative curvature and singularities.
method Proves existence and uniqueness of conformal metrics with negative curvature and singularities on compact surfaces.
result Existence and uniqueness of conformal metrics with negative curvature and singularities on compact surfaces.
Study on infinite energy maps from surfaces to CAT(0) spaces.
problem Harmonic maps with infinite energy from Riemann surfaces to CAT(0) spaces.
method Estimates of energy growth near punctures, proof of uniqueness.
result Precise estimates of energy growth near punctures and proof of uniqueness of harmonic maps.
Paper proves uniqueness of bridge multisections for surfaces in 4-space.
problem Tackles the combinatorial description of surface links in 4-space.
method Develops a surgery operation called band surgery to prove uniqueness.
result Proves any n-valent graph is the spine of a bridge multisection for an unknotted surface. In this paper we deal with the uniqueness of the Lorentzian helicoid and Enneper's surface among properly embedded maximal surfaces with lightlike boundary of mirror symmetry in the Lorentz-Minkowski space L3.
We show that any equation from the Davey--Stewartson hierarchy induces an infinite family of geometrically different deformations of tori in R4 preserving the Willmore functional. We expose a derivation of the Weierstrass representation for surfaces in the four-space which is not unique in difference from the case …
Paper proves uniqueness of weak solutions for Plateau flow.
problem Proving uniqueness of weak solutions for Plateau flow.
method Used natural energy condition and alternative methods from Struwe.
result Proves uniqueness of weak solutions under natural condition.
Characterizes photon surfaces in static spacetimes, proving uniqueness.
problem Understanding photon surfaces in static spacetimes of arbitrary dimension.
method Complete characterization and new insights into spacetime geometry.
result Proves uniqueness of certain electrostatic spacetimes.
In this note a proof is given for global existence and uniqueness of minimal surfaces of Lorentzian type from a cylinder into globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds for given initial values up to the first derivatives.
Researchers prove unique embedding of curved surfaces into Minkowski spacetime.
problem Embedding curved surfaces into Minkowski spacetime.
method GHMC Minkowski spacetime construction.
result Unique GHMC Minkowski spacetime for given curved surfaces.
We prove that the natural (Aff2(C),C2)-structure on an Inoue surface is the unique (Bir(P2),P2(C))-structure, generalizing a result of Bruno Klingler which asserts that the natural (Aff2(C),C2)-struc…
Proves uniqueness of catenoid-like shapes in a ball.
problem Uniqueness of catenoid-like minimal surfaces.
method Analyzes σ-homothetic free boundary minimal annuli. result Critical catenoid is the only σ-homothetic shape. New proofs of unique photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, extending previous work.
problem Proving uniqueness of photon surfaces in 4D static vacuum spacetimes.
method Different proofs based on black hole uniqueness and Willmore inequality.
result Partial proof of Willmore inequality in 3D.
Willmore flow preserves low energy surfaces to planes.
problem Preserving low energy surfaces to planes under Willmore flow.
method Willmore flow equation for complete, properly immersed surfaces in Rn.
result Complete Willmore surfaces with low energy converge to planes.
Uniqueness of circle packings on certain translation surfaces is proven.
problem Proving the uniqueness of circle packings on specific translation surfaces.
method Using splitting bigons to characterize variations of circle packings.
result For certain circle packings on H(1,1) translation surfaces, there are only a finite number of ways the packing can vary without changing the contacts graph. Extends Masur's divergence theorem to complex tori and Kummer surfaces.
problem Establishing uniquely ergodic horizontal foliations for geodesic flows on moduli spaces.
method Defined and calculated horizontal foliations and geodesic flows on moduli spaces of Kähler metrics.
result Proved that horizontal foliations are uniquely ergodic if geodesic flows are recurrent.
Let A be a class of immersed surfaces in a three-manifold M, and assume that A is modeled by an elliptic PDE over each tangent plane. In this paper we solve the so-called Hopf uniqueness problem for the class A under the only mild assumption of the existence of a transitive family …
Unique AdS spacetime found with prescribed metric on a convex surface.
problem Finding an AdS spacetime with a specific metric on a convex surface.
method Constructing a quasifuchsian AdS spacetime with a past-convex Cauchy surface.
result Existence and uniqueness of a quasifuchsian AdS spacetime with the specified properties.
Study counts geodesic surfaces in knot complements, finding unique ones for small knots.
problem Counting totally geodesic surfaces in knot complements.
method Adapting boundary slope and intersection techniques, extending obstructions.
result Uniqueness of geodesic surfaces for specific knots, no geodesic surfaces for 47 knots.
New proof shows unique symplectic fillings for certain surface singularity links.
problem Uniqueness of symplectic fillings for specific rational surface singularity links.
method Analysis of positive monodromy factorizations for planar open books.
result Unique symplectic fillings proven for specified contact structures.
We show that for a closed surface of genus at least 5, or a surface of genus at least 2 with at least one marked point, the set of uniquely ergodic foliations and the set of cobounded foliations is path-connected and locally path-connected.
We show uniqueness up to sign of positive, orthogonal almost-Kaehler structures on any non-scalar flat Kaehler-Einstein surface.
In this paper we develop an abstract theory for the Codazzi equation on surfaces, and use it as an analytic tool to derive new global results for surfaces in the space forms ${\bb R}^3$, ${\bb S}^3$ and ${\bb H}^3$. We give essentially sharp generalizations of some classical theorems of surface theory that mainly depen…