Compact complete minimal immersions in R^3

Abstract

In this paper we find, for any arbitrary finite topological type, a compact Riemann surface $\mathcal{M},$ an open domain $M\subset \mathcal{M}$ with the fixed topological type, and a conformal complete minimal immersion $X:M\to {\mathbb{R}}^3$ which can be extended to a continuous map $X:\bar{M}\to {\mathbb{R}}^3,$ such that $X_{|\partial M}$ is an embedding and the Hausdorff dimension of $X(\partial M)$ is $1.$ We also prove that complete minimal surfaces are dense in the space of minimal surfaces spanning a finite set of closed curves in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, endowed with the topology of the Hausdorff distance.

16 pages. Main theorem improved. To appear in Trans. Amer. Math. Soc

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• Density theorems for complete minimal surfaces in R^3