Morse-Conley theory for minimal surfaces of varying topological type

DOI10.1007/BF01233437zbMath0731.58018OpenAlexW2057515400MaRDI QIDQ808051

Michael Struwe, Juergen Jost

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143843

zbMATH Keywords

Morse theorycritical pointsminimal surfacesPlateau problemMorse-Conley theoryRiemann surface theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Optimality conditions for minimax problems (49K35) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

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Riemannian metrics on Teichmüller space ⋮ ``Bubbling and topological degeneration in the calculus of variations ⋮ Min-max theory for minimal hypersurfaces with boundary ⋮ A mountain pass theorem for minimal hypersurfaces with fixed boundary ⋮ Universal moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces ⋮ Variational methods in geometry ⋮ Unstable minimal surfaces of annulus type in manifolds ⋮ Intrinsic third derivatives for Plateau's problem and the Morse inequalities for disc minimal surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^ 3\)

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