An inverse problem of the flux for minimal surfaces
An inverse problem of the flux for minimal surfaces
复制标题
最小曲面的通量反问题
DOI:
10.1512/iumj.1997.46.960
复制
发表时间:
1997
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Kotaro Yamada
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
S. Kato;M. Umehara;Kotaro Yamada
For a complete minimal surface in the Euclidean 3-space, the so-called flux vector corresponds to each end. The flux vectors are balanced, i.e., the sum of those over all ends are zero. Consider the following inverse problem: For each balanced n vectors, find an n-end catenoid which attains given vectors as flux. Here, an n-end catenoid is a complete minimal surface of genus 0 with ends asymptotic to the catenoids. In this paper, the problem is reduced to solving algebraic equation. Using this reduction, it is shown that, when n=4, the inverse problem for 4-end catenoid has solutions for almost all balanced 4 vectors. Further obstructions for n-end catenoids with parallel flux vectors are also discussed.