Local Uniformization and Free Boundary Regularity of Minimal Singular Surfaces

We continue the study of minimal singular surfaces obtained by a minimization of a weighted energy functional in the spirit of J. Douglas’s approach to the Plateau problem. Modeling soap films spanning wire frames, a singular surface is the union of three disk-type surfaces meeting along a curve which we call the free boundary. We obtain an a priori regularity result concerning the real analyticity of the free boundary curve. Using the free boundary regularity of the harmonic map, we construct local harmonic isothermal coordinates for the minimal singular surface in a neighborhood of a point on the free boundary. Applications of the local uniformization are discussed in relation to H. Lewy’s real analytic extension of minimal surfaces.     

Harmonic map heat flow with free boundary

In this paper, we study the harmonic map heat flow with free boundary from a Riemannian surface with smooth boundary into a compact Riemannian manifold. As a consequence, we get at least one disk-type minimal surface in a compact Riemannian manifold without minimal 2-sphere.     

Boundary slopes of non-orientable Seifert surfaces for knots

We study non-orientable Seifert surfaces for knots in the 3-sphere, and examine their boundary slopes. In particular, it is shown that for a crosscap number two knot, there are at most two slopes which can be the boundary slope of its minimal genus non-orientable Seifert surface, and an infinite family of knots with two such slopes will be described. Also, we discuss the existence of essential non-orientable Seifert surfaces for knots.     

开平面C上的亚纯函数与完备极小曲面的Gauss映射

设■:D→R~3确定了以等温参数表示的极小曲面M,其中D是全平面R~2的开子区域,那么极小曲面的Gauss映射g(z)是D上的亚纯函数.Xavier与Chao提出了一个尚未解决的问题:任意给定区域■上的亚纯函数g(z),它是否是某完备极小曲面的Gauss映射?本文证明了若开平面C上的亚纯函数g(z)的零点列或极点列的收敛指数小于1/2,则g(z)—定是某完备极小曲面的Gauss映射.     

A simple and robust boundary treatment for the forced Korteweg–de Vries equation

In this paper, we propose a simple and robust numerical method for the forced Korteweg–de Vries (fKdV) equation which models free surface waves of an incompressible and inviscid fluid flow over a bump. The fKdV equation is defined in an infinite domain. However, to solve the equation numerically we must truncate the infinite domain to a bounded domain by introducing an artificial boundary and imposing boundary conditions there. Due to unsuitable artificial boundary conditions, most wave propagation problems have numerical difficulties (e.g., the truncated computational domain must be large enough or the numerical simulation must be terminated before the wave approaches the artificial boundary for the quality of the numerical solution). To solve this boundary problem, we develop an absorbing non-reflecting boundary treatment which uses outward wave velocity. The basic idea of the proposing algorithm is that we first calculate an outward wave velocity from the solutions at the previous and present time steps and then we obtain a solution at the next time step on the artificial boundary by moving the solution at the present time step with the velocity. And then we update solutions at the next time step inside the domain using the calculated solution on the artificial boundary. Numerical experiments with various initial conditions for the KdV and fKdV equations are presented to illustrate the accuracy and efficiency of our method.     

A gradient bound for free boundary graphs

We prove an analogue for a one‐phase free boundary problem of the classical gradient bound for solutions to the minimal surface equation. It follows, in particular, that every energy‐minimizing free boundary that is a graph is also smooth. The method we use also leads to a new proof of the classical minimal surface gradient bound. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the thread problem for minimal surfaces

For a given one-dimensional fixed boundary $\Gamma$ in and a given constant we consider any one-dimensional free boundary $F$ in subject to the conditions that the length of is equal to , that and form a closed boundary, and that the minimal surface of dimension two being bounded by and minimizes the area among all comparison surfaces being bounded by and some with length equal to . This variational problem is known as the thread problem for minimal surfaces and stems from soap film experiments, in which the fixed boundary parts are pieces of wires and the free boundary parts are threads. The new result of this article will be that has no singular points in , provided the admissible surfaces and boundary parts are supposed to be rectifiable flat chains modulo two. Received February 16, 1995 / Accepted October 20, 1995     

A General Existence Theorem for Embedded Minimal Surfaces with Free Boundary

In this paper, we prove a general existence theorem for properly embedded minimal surfaces with free boundary in any compact Riemannian 3‐manifold M with boundary ?M. These minimal surfaces are either disjoint from ?M or meet ?M orthogonally. The main feature of our result is that there is no assumptions on the curvature of M or convexity of ?M. We prove the boundary regularity of the minimal surfaces at their free boundaries. Furthermore, we define a topological invariant, the filling genus, for compact 3‐manifolds with boundary and show that we can bound the genus of the minimal surface constructed above in terms of the filling genus of the ambient manifold M. Our proof employs a variant of the min‐max construction used by Colding and De Lellis on closed embedded minimal surfaces, which were first developed by Almgren and Pitts.© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Compactness analysis for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces

We investigate compactness phenomena involving free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in Riemannian manifolds of dimension less than eight. We provide natural geometric conditions that ensure strong one-sheeted graphical subsequential convergence, discuss the limit behaviour when multi-sheeted convergence happens and derive various consequences in terms of finiteness and topological control.     

Complete linear Weingarten surfaces of Bryant type. A Plateau problem at infinity

In this paper we study a large class of Weingarten surfaces which includes the constant mean curvature one surfaces and flat surfaces in the hyperbolic 3-space. We show that these surfaces can be parametrized by holomorphic data like minimal surfaces in the Euclidean 3-space and we use it to study their completeness. We also establish some existence and uniqueness theorems by studing the Plateau problem at infinity: when is a given curve on the ideal boundary the asymptotic boundary of a complete surface in our family? and, how many embedded solutions are there?

     

Totally real conformal minimal tori in the hyperquadric Q 2

Our purpose is to study the minimal tori in the hyperquadric Q ₂. Firstly, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for the minimal surface in Qn which is also minimal in CP ⁿ⁺¹. Next, we show that this kind of minimal surface (neither holomorphic nor anti-holomorphic) with constant curvature in Q ₂ is part of a flat totally real torus. Finally, we prove that totally real minimal flat tori in Q ₂ must be totally geodesic, and we classify all the totally geodesic closed surfaces in Q ₂.     

Nonexistence of certain complete minimal surfaces with planar ends

In this paper we prove that two lines bounding an immersed minimal surface in a slab in R ³ homeomorphic to a compact Riemann surface minus two disks and a finite number of points must be parallel. This theorem is extended to a higher dimensional minimal hypersurface. Also it is proved that if the Gauss map of a complete embedded minimal surface of finite total curvature at a planar end has order two, then the intersection of the surface with the plane asymptotic to the planar end cannot admit a one-to-one orthogonal projection onto any line in the plane. Received: November 26, 1998     

A compact minimal shadow boundary in Euclidean space is totally geodesic

We prove that a compact minimal shadow boundary of a hypersurface in Euclidean space is totally geodesic. We show that shadow boundaries detect principal directions and umbilical points of a hypersurface. As application we deduce that every shadow boundary of a compact strictly convex surface contains at least two principal directions.     

Minimal rays on closed surfaces

Given an arbitrary Riemannian metric on a closed surface, we consider length-minimizing geodesics in the universal cover. Morse and Hedlund proved that such minimal geodesics lie in bounded distance of geodesics of a Riemannian metric of constant curvature. Knieper asked when two minimal geodesics in bounded distance of a single constant-curvature geodesic can intersect. In this paper we prove an asymptotic property of minimal rays, showing in particular that intersecting minimal geodesics as above can only occur as heteroclinic connections between pairs of homotopic closed minimal geodesics. A further application characterizes the boundary at infinity of the universal cover defined by Busemann functions. A third application shows that flat strips in the universal cover of a nonpositively curved surface are foliated by lifts of closed geodesics of a single homotopy class.     

单位球面中极小子流形的C∞紧性

本文研究了单位球面中极小子流形的C∞紧性,并得到两个紧性定理.作为应用,我们证明了存在正数δ(n),如果单位球面中极小子流形的第2基本形式的长度平方小于;2/3+δ(n),则它必须是全测地的或微分同胚于Veronese曲面.     

Un problème aux limites mixte des surfaces minimales avec une multiple projection plane et le dessin optimal des escaliers tournants

One admires rotational staircases in classical buildings since centuries. In particular, we are fascinated and inspired by the beautiful winding staircase (please, regard the picture below) in the center of the recently constructed University Library of the Brandenburgian Technical University at Cottbus by the bureau of architects Herzog & de Meuron from Basel. The sophisticated mathematician directly recognizes this staircase being a rotational minimal surface – namely the well-known helicoid – with a multiply covering projection onto the plane, solving a semi-free boundary value problem. We now ask the question, in which class of surfaces this helicoid is uniquely determined. Furthermore, we examine in how far the boundary values can be perturbed such that neighboring surfaces still exist. Both questions being affirmatively answered, we receive the stability of this boundary value problem. Finally, we investigate that our surface realizes a global minimum of area in the class of all parametric minimal surfaces solving an adequate mixed boundary value problem. Here we study one-to-one harmonic mappings onto the universal covering of the plane. This is achieved on the basis of our joint investigations with Professor Stefan Hildebrandt from the University of Bonn. Since H. Catalan was the first to classify the helicoid among ruled minimal surfaces and J. Plateau contributed, besides his inspiring experiments with soap bubbles, also his name to our central problem, I would like to present this treatise in the French language. During the construction of our University Library I got acquainted to the responsible architect for this project from the bureau Herzog & de Meuron, Frau Christine Binswanger and would like to dedicate this work to her with great respect. In her home city of Basel, classical Analysis could originally be developed by members of the Bernoulli family and Leonhard Euler.     

Two Dimensional Submanifolds in Four Manifolds with Boundary

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Minimal Morse flows on compact manifolds

In this paper we prove, using the Poincaré-Hopf inequalities, that a minimal number of non-degenerate singularities can be computed in terms only of abstract homological boundary information. Furthermore, this minimal number can be realized on some manifold with non-empty boundary satisfying the abstract homological boundary information. In fact, we present all possible indices and types (connecting or disconnecting) of singularities realizing this minimal number. The Euler characteristics of all manifolds realizing this minimal number are obtained and the associated Lyapunov graphs of Morse type are described and shown to have the lowest topological complexity.     

BOUNDARY PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR BLENDING SURFACES,I BASIC THEORY

1.IntroductionBlendingsurfacesissaidifwhentwoframesurfaces(orbodies)arelocatedalreadyjasmoothlytransferringsurfaceissoughttoconnectthetwoframesurfacesalongcertainboundary.Usually,theterminology"smoothness"meansthattheblendingsurfacebelongstogeometriccontinuityCI(Foleyetal.(90)[14),i.e.,theblendingsurfaceanditstangentplanearecontinuousuntilthejointboundary.Manyliteraturesarereportedonthissubject.Wemerelymentionafewofthemrelevanttothispaper.Uniforml)Thi.workwassupportedbytheresearchgrantsfromt…     

Non-parametric radially symmetric mean curvature flow with a free boundary

We study the mean curvature flow of radially symmetric graphs with prescribed contact angle on a fixed, smooth hypersurface in Euclidean space. In this paper we treat two distinct problems. The first problem has a free Neumann boundary only, while the second has two disjoint boundaries, a free Neumann boundary and a fixed Dirichlet height. We separate the two problems and prove that under certain initial conditions we have either long time existence followed by convergence to a minimal surface, or finite maximal time of existence at the end of which the graphs develop a curvature singularity. We also give a rate of convergence for the singularity.