Lawson surfaces minimize area among minimal surfaces of fixed genus

Let Aγ\mathcal{A}_\gamma be the minimum area among all minimal surfaces in S3\mathbb{S}^3 of genus γ\gamma, and let ξγ,1\xi_{\gamma,1} be the Lawson surface of genus γ\gamma. Lawson area-minimization conjecture. The minimum area Aγ\mathcal{A}_\gamma is uniquely attained by ξγ,1\xi_{\gamma,1}. This is presented as a special case of a conjecture characterizing Lawson surfaces as Willmore minimizers.

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Mikhail Karpukhin, Robert Kusner, Peter McGrath and Daniel Stern, “Embedded minimal surfaces in S^3 and B^3 via equivariant eigenvalue optimization”, arXiv:2402.13121 (2024).

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