Eigenvalue problems and free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps

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Main Authors: Lima, Vanderson, Menezes, Ana
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Published: 2023
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author Lima, Vanderson
Menezes, Ana
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Menezes, Ana
contents Given a compact surface with boundary, we introduce a family of functionals on the space of its Riemannian metrics, defined via eigenvalues of a Steklov-type problem. We prove that each such functional is uniformly bounded from above, and we characterize maximizing metrics as induced by free boundary minimal immersions in some geodesic ball of a round sphere. Also, we determine that the maximizer in the case of a disk is a spherical cap of dimension two, and we prove rotational symmetry of free boundary minimal annuli in geodesic balls of round spheres which are immersed by first eigenfunctions.
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spellingShingle Eigenvalue problems and free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps
Lima, Vanderson
Menezes, Ana
Differential Geometry
Given a compact surface with boundary, we introduce a family of functionals on the space of its Riemannian metrics, defined via eigenvalues of a Steklov-type problem. We prove that each such functional is uniformly bounded from above, and we characterize maximizing metrics as induced by free boundary minimal immersions in some geodesic ball of a round sphere. Also, we determine that the maximizer in the case of a disk is a spherical cap of dimension two, and we prove rotational symmetry of free boundary minimal annuli in geodesic balls of round spheres which are immersed by first eigenfunctions.
title Eigenvalue problems and free boundary minimal surfaces in spherical caps
topic Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13556