On the number of minimal two-spheres of small area in manifolds with curvature bounded above

DOI10.1007/BF01444536zbMath0694.53053MaRDI QIDQ909263

John Douglas Moore

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/164738

zbMATH Keywords

minimal two-spheresequivariant Morse inequalities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

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Minimal two-spheres of low index in manifolds with positive complex sectional curvature ⋮ Bumpy metrics and closed parametrized minimal surfaces in Riemannian manifolds

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