paper

Symmetry and Rigidity of Minimal Surfaces with Plateau-like Singularities

arXiv:2003.01784 · doi:10.1007/s00205-020-01593-5

Abstract

By employing the method of moving planes in a novel way we extend some classical symmetry and rigidity results for smooth minimal surfaces to surfaces that have singularities of the sort typically observed in soap films.

30 pages; an appendix about a maximum principle for geodesic nets has been added