Self-shrinkers with any number of ends in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ by stacking ${\mathbb{R}}^2$

Abstract

For each half-integer $J$ and large enough integer $m$ we construct by PDE gluing methods a self-shrinker $\breve{M}[J,m]$ with $2J+1$ ends and genus $2J(m-1)$. $\breve{M}[J,m]$ resembles the stacking of $2J+1$ levels of the plane ${\mathbb{R}}^2$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ that have been connected by $2Jm$ catenoidal bridges with $m$ bridges connecting each pair of adjacent levels. It observes the symmetry of an $m$-gonal prism (when $J$ is a half integer) or an $m$-gonal antiprism (when $J$ is an integer). The construction is based on the Linearised Doubling (LD) methodology which was first introduced by Kapouleas in the construction of minimal surface doublings of ${\mathbb{S}}_{eq}^2$ in ${\mathbb{S}}^3$.