Existence conjecture for complete free boundary minimal planes

Let M=(R+3,g)M=(\mathbb R_{+}^{3},g) be an asymptotically flat three-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary, and let pMp\in\partial M. A free boundary minimal plane is a complete, non-compact, properly embedded minimal plane in MM whose boundary lies in M\partial M and meets M\partial M orthogonally. Existence conjecture. If MM contains no compact free boundary minimal surface, then there exists a complete non-compact free boundary minimal plane passing through pp. This conjecture is motivated by analogous existence results for complete non-compact minimal planes in asymptotically flat three-dimensional manifolds without boundary; the boundary case is posed here as an open problem.

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Shanjiang Chen, “The space of partially free boundary minimal half disks”, arXiv:2008.06625 (2020).

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