Complete minimal surfaces and harmonic functions

We prove that for any open Riemann surface N and any non constant harmonic function h : N → R, there exists a complete conformal minimal immersion X : N → R3 whose third coordinate function coincides with h. As a consequence, completeminimal surfaceswith arbitrary conformal structure andwhose Gauss...

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Authors: Alarcón, Antonio, Fernández Delgado, Isabel, López, Francisco J.
Format: article
Status:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/93403
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/93403
https://doi.org/10.4171/CMH/272
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Complete minimal surfaces
Harmonic functions on Riemann surfaces
Gauss map
Holomorphic immersion
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Summary:We prove that for any open Riemann surface N and any non constant harmonic function h : N → R, there exists a complete conformal minimal immersion X : N → R3 whose third coordinate function coincides with h. As a consequence, completeminimal surfaceswith arbitrary conformal structure andwhose Gauss map misses two points are constructed.