Mean curvature one surfaces in hyperbolic space, and their relationship to minimal surfaces in Euclidean space

We describe local similarities and global differences between minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space and constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic 3-space. We also describe how to solve global period problems for constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic 3-space, and we give an overview of recent results on these surfaces. We include computer graphics of a number of examples.     

Lie geometry of flat fronts in hyperbolic space

We propose a Lie geometric point of view on flat fronts in hyperbolic space as special Ω-surfaces and discuss the Lie geometric deformation of flat fronts.     

New minimal surfaces in the hyperbolic space

We obtain new complete minimal surfaces in the hyperbolic space H3, by using Ribaucour transformations. Starting with the family of spherical catenoids in H~3 found by Mori(1981), we obtain 2-and 3-parameter families of new minimal surfaces in the hyperbolic space, by solving a non trivial integro-differential system. Special choices of the parameters provide minimal surfaces whose parametrizations are defined on connected regions of R~2 minus a disjoint union of Jordan curves. Any connected region bounded by such a Jordan curve, generates a complete minimal surface, whose boundary at infinity of H~3 is a closed curve. The geometric properties of the surfaces regarding the ends, completeness and symmetries are discussed.     

Eigenvalue estimates for minimal surfaces in hyperbolic space

This paper gives an upper bound for the first eigenvalue of the universal cover of a complete, stable minimal surface in hyperbolic space, and a sharper one for least area disks.

     

Nontrivial minimal surfaces in a hyperbolic Randers space

The contribution of this paper is two‐fold. The first one is to derive a simple formula of the mean curvature form for a hypersurface in the Randers space with a Killing vector field, by considering the Busemann–Hausdorff measure and Holmes–Thompson measure simultaneously. The second one is to obtain the explicit local expressions of two types of nontrivial rotational BH‐minimal surfaces in a Randers domain of constant flag curvature , which are the first examples of BH‐minimal surfaces in the hyperbolic Randers space.     

Extrinsic isoperimetry and compactification of minimal surfaces in Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces

We study the topology of (properly) immersed complete minimal surfaces P ² in Hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces which have finite total extrinsic curvature, using some isoperimetric inequalities satisfied by the extrinsic balls in these surfaces (see [10]). We present an alternative and unified proof of the Chern-Osserman inequality satisfied by these minimal surfaces (in ? ⁿ and in ? ⁿ (b)), based in the isoperimetric analysis mentioned above. Finally, we show a Chern-Osserman-type equality attained by complete minimal surfaces in the Hyperbolic space with finite total extrinsic curvature.     

On isometric immersions with flat normal connection of the hyperbolic space L n into Euclidean space E n+m

We prove that the hyperbolic space L ⁿ cannot be immersed in an Euclidean space E ^n+m with a flat normal connection provided the module of the mean curvature vector is bounded.     

Semi-parallel surfaces in Euclidean space

Semi-parallel immersions are defined as extrinsic analogue for semi-symmetric spaces and as a direct generalization of parallel immersions. Using results of Backes on Euclidean Jordan triple systems, the totally geodesic immersions are shown to be the only minimal semi-parallel immersions into a Euclidean space. Semi-parallel immersions of surfaces into E^m are studied and a classification of semi-parallel immersions with pointwise planar normal sections of surfaces in E^m is given.Research Assistant of the National Fund of Scientific Research     

Stationary rotating surfaces in Euclidean space

A stationary rotating surface is a compact surface in Euclidean space whose mean curvature H at each point x satisfies 2H(x) = a r(x)² + b, where r(x) denotes the distance from x to a fixed straight-line L, and a and b are constants. These surfaces are solutions of a variational problem that describes the shape of a drop of incompressible fluid in equilibrium by the action of surface tension when it rotates about L with constant angular velocity. The effect of gravity is neglected. In this paper we study the geometric configurations of such surfaces, focusing the relationship between the geometry of the surface and the one of its boundary. As special cases, we will consider two families of such surfaces: axisymmetric surfaces and embedded surfaces with planar boundary.