Nitsche's uniqueness conjecture for free boundary minimal annuli

Let B3\mathbb{B}^3 be the unit ball in Euclidean three-space, and let a free boundary minimal annulus be an embedded minimal annulus whose boundary lies on B3\partial\mathbb{B}^3 and meets it orthogonally. The critical catenoid is the rotationally symmetric free boundary minimal annulus in B3\mathbb{B}^3. Nitsche's uniqueness conjecture. Every embedded free boundary minimal annulus in B3\mathbb{B}^3 is congruent to the critical catenoid. This conjecture is a uniqueness problem for free boundary minimal surfaces; the supplied text attributes its resolution to Fraser and Li, so it is recorded as solved.

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Dong-Hwi Seo, “Sufficient symmetry conditions for free boundary minimal annuli to be the critical catenoid”, arXiv:2112.11877 (2023).

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