A rigidity theorem for Riemann's minimal surfaces

Pascal Romon

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1993)

  • Volume: 43, Issue: 2, page 485-502
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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We describe first the analytic structure of Riemann’s examples of singly-periodic minimal surfaces; we also characterize them as extensions of minimal annuli bounded by parallel straight lines between parallel planes. We then prove their uniqueness as solutions of the perturbed problem of a punctured annulus, and we present standard methods for determining finite total curvature periodic minimal surfaces and solving the period problems.

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Romon, Pascal. "A rigidity theorem for Riemann's minimal surfaces." Annales de l'institut Fourier 43.2 (1993): 485-502. <http://eudml.org/doc/75006>.

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