Stability of triply periodic minimal surfaces

In 1992, Ross proved that some classical triply periodic minimal surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean space (Schwarz P surface, D surface, and Schoen's gyroid) are stable for volume-preserving variations. This paper extends the result to four one-parameter families of triply periodic minimal surfaces, namely, tP family, tD family, rPD family, and H family. We obtain sufficient conditions for volume-preserving stability, and as their numerical applications, we prove that, for each family, every triply periodic minimal surface with Morse index one is volume-preserving stable.