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Publications and source records attributed to Laurent Mazet.
Following the strategy developed by Chodosh, Li, Minter and Stryker, and using the volume estimate of Antonelli and Xu, we prove that, in $\mathbb R^6$, a complete, two-sided, stable minimal hypersurfaces is flat.
In this paper we prove a rigidity statement for free boundary minimal surfaces produced via min-max methods. More precisely, we prove that for any Riemannian metric $g$ on the 3-ball $B$ with non-negative Ricci curvature and $\mathrm{II}_{\partial B}\ge g_{|\partial B}$, there exists a free boundary minimal disk $Δ$ of least area among all free boundary minimal disks in $(B,g)$. Moreover, the area of any such $Δ$ equals to the width of $(B,g)$, $Δ$ has index one, and the length of $\partialΔ$ is bounded from above by $2π$. Furthermore, the length of $\partialΔ$ equals to $2π$ if and only if $(B,g)$ is isometric to the Euclidean unit ball. This is related to a rigidity result obtained by F.C. Marques and A. Neves in the closed case. The proof uses a rigidity statement concerning half-balls with non-negative Ricci curvature which is true in any dimension.
In this paper we obtain two classification theorems for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces outside of the unit ball (exterior FBMH for short) in Euclidean space. The first result states that the only exterior stable FBMH with parallel embedded regular ends are the catenoidal hypersurfaces. To achieve this we prove a Bôcher type result for positive Jacobi functions on regular minimal ends in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ which, after some calculations, implies the first theorem. The second theorem states that any exterior FBMH $Σ$ with one regular end is a catenoidal hypersurface. Its proof is based on a symmetrization procedure similar to R. Schoen [14]. We also give a complete description of the catenoidal hypersurfaces, including the calculation of their indices.
In this paper, we prove that a Riemannian $n$-manifold $M$ with sectional curvature bounded above by $1$ that contains a minimal $2$-sphere of area $4π$ which has index at least $n-2$ has constant sectional curvature $1$. The proof uses the construction of ancient mean curvature flows that flow out of a minimal submanifold. As a consequence we also prove a rigidity result for the Simon-Smith minimal spheres.
In this paper, we improve a result by Chodosh and Ketover. We prove that, in an asymptotically flat $3$-manifold $M$ that contains no closed minimal surfaces, fixing $q\in M$ and a $2$-plane $V$ in $T_qM$ there is a properly embedded minimal plane $Σ$ in $M$ such that $q\inΣ$ and $T_qΣ=V$. We also prove that fixing three points in $M$ there is a properly embedded minimal plane passing through these three points.
If $M$ is a finite volume complete hyperbolic $3$-manifold, the quantity $\mathcal A_1(M)$ is defined as the infimum of the areas of closed minimal surfaces in $M$. In this paper we study the continuity property of the functional $\mathcal A_1$ with respect to the geometric convergence of hyperbolic manifolds. We prove that it is lower semi-continuous and even continuous if $\mathcal A_1(M)$ is realized by a minimal surface satisfying some hypotheses. Understanding the interaction between minimal surfaces and short geodesics in $M$ is the main theme of this paper
This paper contains a correction of a mistake made in arXiv:1405.1324
We show uniqueness for overdetermined elliptic problems defined on topological disks $Ω$ with $C^2$ boundary, i.e., positive solutions $u$ to $Δu + f(u)=0$ in $Ω\subset (M^2,g)$ so that $u = 0$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial \vecη} = cte $ along $\partial Ω$, $\vecη$ the unit outward normal along $\partialΩ$ under the assumption of the existence of a candidate family. To do so, we adapt the Gálvez-Mira generalized Hopf-type Theorem to the realm of overdetermined elliptic problem. When $(M^2,g)$ is the standard sphere $\mathbb S^2$ and $f$ is a $C^1$ function so that $f(x)>0$ and $f(x)\ge x \, f'(x)$ for any $x\in\mathbb R_+^*$, we construct such candidate family considering rotationally symmetric solutions. This proves the Berestycki-Caffarelli-Nirenberg conjecture in $\mathbb S^2$ for this choice of $f$. More precisely, this shows that if $u$ is a positive solution to $Δu + f(u) = 0$ on a topological disk $Ω\subset \mathbb S^2$ with $C^2$ boundary so that $u = 0$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial \vecη} = cte $ along $\partial Ω$, then $Ω$ must be a geodesic disk and $u$ is rotationally symmetric. In particular, this gives a positive answer to the Schiffer conjecture D for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue and classifies simply-connected harmonic domains, also called {\it Serrin Problem}) in $\mathbb S ^2$.
We construct a parabolic entire minimal graph $S$ over a finite topology complete Riemannian surface $Σ$ of curvature $-1$ and infinite area (thus of non-parabolic conformal type). The vertical projection of this graph yields a harmonic diffeomorphism from $S$ onto $Σ$. The proof uses the theory of divergence lines to construct minimal graphs. We also generalize a theorem of R. Schoen. Let $g_1$ and $g_2$ be two complete metrics on a orientable surface $S$ with compact boundary and suppose $$\int_{S_r^2}K_{g_2}^-dσ_{g_2}\le C\ln(2+r)$$ for some $C>0$ and all $r>0$. If there is a harmonic diffeomorphism from $(S,g_1)$ to $(S,g_2)$, then $(S,g_1)$ is parabolic.
In this paper we study the geometry and the topology of unbounded domains in the Hyperbolic Space $\mathbb{H} ^n$ supporting a bounded positive solution to an overdetermined elliptic problem. Under suitable conditions on the elliptic problem and the behaviour of the bounded solution at infinity, we are able to show that symmetries of the boundary at infinity imply symmetries on the domain itself. In dimension two, we can strengthen our results proving that a connected domain $Ω\subset \mathbb{H} ^2$ with $C^2$ boundary whose complement is connected and supports a bounded positive solution $u$ to an overdetermined problem, assuming natural conditions on the equation and the behaviour at infinity of the solution, must be either a geodesic ball or, a horodisk or, a half-space determined by a complete equidistant curve or, the complement of any of the above example. Moreover, in each case, the solution $u$ is invariant by the isometries fixing $Ω$.
In this paper, we study closed embedded minimal hypersurfaces in a Riemannian $(n+1)$-manifold ($2\le n\le 6$) that minimize area among such hypersurfaces. We show they exist and arise either by minimization techniques or by min-max methods: they have index at most $1$. We apply this to obtain a lower area bound for such minimal surfaces in some hyperbolic $3$-manifolds.
In this paper, we prove that, up to similarity, there are only two minimal hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+2}$ that are asymptotic to a Simons cone, i.e. the minimal cone over the minimal hypersurface $\sqrt{\frac pn}\mathbb{S}^p\times \sqrt{\frac{n-p}n} \mathbb{S}^{n-p}$ of $\mathbb{S}^{n+1}$
We study a half-space problem related to graphs in $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}$, where $\mathbb{H}^2$ is the hyperbolic plane, having constant mean curvature $H$ defined over unbounded domains in $\mathbb{H}^2$.
We prove there exists a compact embedded minimal surface in a complete finite volume hyperbolic $3$-manifold $\mathcal{N}$. We also obtain a least area, incompressible, properly embedded, finite topology, $2$-sided surface. We prove a properly embedded minimal surface of bounded curvature has finite topology. This determines its asymptotic behavior. Some rigidity theorems are obtained.
In this paper we prove that a properly embedded constant mean curvature surface in $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}$ which has finite topology and stays at a finite distance from a vertical geodesic line is invariant by rotation around a vertical geodesic line.
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian $3$-manifold with sectional curvatures between $0$ and $1$. A minimal $2$-sphere immersed in $M$ has area at least $4π$. If an embedded minimal sphere has area $4π$, then $M$ is isometric to the unit $3$-sphere or to a quotient of the product of the unit $2$-sphere with $\mathbb{R}$, with the product metric. We also obtain a rigidity theorem for the existence of hyperbolic cusps. Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian $3$-manifold with sectional curvatures bounded above by $-1$. Suppose there is a $2$-torus $T$ embedded in $M$ with mean curvature one. Then the mean convex component of $M$ bounded by $T$ is a hyperbolic cusp;,i.e., it is isometric to $T \times \mathbb{R}$ with the constant curvature $-1$ metric: $e^{-2t}dσ_0^2+dt^2$ with $dσ_0^2$ a flat metric on $T$.
In this paper, we prove a half-space theorem with respect to constant mean curvature $1/2$ entire graphs in $\mathbb{E(-1,τ)}$. If $Σ$ is such an entire graph and $Σ'$ is a properly immersed constant mean curvature $1/2$ surface included in the mean convex side of $Σ$ then $Σ'$ is a vertical translate of $Σ$. We also have an equivalent statement for the non mean convex side of $Σ$.
In this paper we study minimal and constant mean curvature (cmc) periodic surfaces in H^2 x R. More precisely, we consider quotients of H^2 x R by discrete groups of isometries generated by horizontal hyperbolic translations f and/or a vertical translation T. In the quotient by the Z^2 subgroup of the isometry group generated by any f and T, we prove an Alexandrov-type theorem for cmc surfaces, i.e., an analysis of compact embedded cmc surfaces in such a quotient. The remainder of the paper is devoted to construct examples of periodic minimal surfaces in H^2 x R.