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Coplanar Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces
Communications in Analysis and Geometry (2007)
  • Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann
  • Robert Kusner, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • John M. Sullivan
Abstract

We consider constant mean curvature surfaces with finite topology, properly embedded in three-space in the sense of Alexandrov. Such surfaces with three ends and genus zero were constructed and completely classified by the authors. Here we extend the arguments to the case of an arbitrary number of ends, under the assumption that the asymptotic axes of the ends lie in a common plane: we construct and classify the entire family of these genus-zero, coplanar constant mean curvature surfaces.

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Publication Date
December, 2007
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The published version is located at http://www.intlpress.com/CAG/CAG-v15.php#v15n5
Citation Information
Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann, Robert Kusner and John M. Sullivan. "Coplanar Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces" Communications in Analysis and Geometry Vol. 15 Iss. 5 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_kusner/1/