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On minimal submanifolds in an Euclidean space
Author(s) -
Wang Qiaoling
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
mathematische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1522-2616
pISSN - 0025-584X
DOI - 10.1002/mana.200310120
Subject(s) - mathematics , submanifold , codimension , affine space , pure mathematics , euclidean space , dimension (graph theory) , euclidean geometry , affine transformation , space (punctuation) , minimal surface , scalar (mathematics) , seven dimensional space , curvature , euclidean distance , scalar curvature , mathematical analysis , geometry , linguistics , philosophy
The concepts “super stable” and “super index” for minimal submanifolds in a Euclidean space are introduced. These concepts coincide with the usual concepts “stable” and “index” when the submanifolds have codimension one. We prove that the only complete super stable minimal submanifolds of finite total scalar curvature and of dimension not less than three in a Euclidean space are affine planes. We also prove that a complete minimal submanifold of dimension larger or equal to three in a Euclidean space with finite super index has finitely many ends. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)