Meeks–Sullivan parabolicity conjecture for finite-genus proper minimal surfaces

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Let f:MR3f:M\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^3 be a complete proper minimal immersion, where MM is a Riemannian surface without boundary and with finite genus. A Riemannian surface is parabolic if it is noncompact and carries no negative non-constant subharmonic function.

Meeks–Sullivan conjecture. The surface MM is parabolic.

This conjecture concerns conformal restrictions on complete proper minimal immersions in R3\mathbb{R}^3. The surrounding results show parabolicity under additional hypotheses, but the source provides no evidence that this finite-genus case has been resolved.

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Primary source

Santiago Morales, “On the existence of a proper minimal surface in R^3 with the conformal type of a disk”, arXiv:math/0301132 (2003).

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