{ "id": "2309.00599", "version": "v1", "published": "2023-09-01T17:35:14.000Z", "updated": "2023-09-01T17:35:14.000Z", "title": "Uniqueness and non-uniqueness for the asymptotic Plateau problem in hyperbolic space", "authors": [ "Zheng Huang", "Ben Lowe", "Andrea Seppi" ], "comment": "38 pages, 6 figures", "categories": [ "math.DG" ], "abstract": "We prove a number of results on the number of solutions to the asymptotic Plateau problem in $\\mathbb H^3$. In the direction of non-uniqueness, we construct an example of a quasicircle that is the asymptotic boundary of uncountably many pairwise distinct stable minimal disks. Moreover, we discuss criteria that ensure uniqueness. Given a Jordan curve $\\Lambda$ in the asymptotic boundary of $\\mathbb H^3$, we show that uniqueness of the minimal surfaces with asymptotic boundary $\\Lambda$ is equivalent to uniqueness in the smaller class of stable minimal disks, and, when $\\Lambda$ is invariant by a Kleinian group, to uniqueness in the even smaller class of group invariant stable minimal disks. Finally, we show that if a quasicircle (or more generally, a Jordan curve of finite width) $\\Lambda$ is the asymptotic boundary of a minimal surface $\\Sigma$ with principal curvatures less than or equal to 1 in absolute value, then uniqueness holds.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2023-09-01T17:35:14.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "53C42", "57K32" ], "keywords": [ "asymptotic plateau problem", "hyperbolic space", "asymptotic boundary", "distinct stable minimal disks", "non-uniqueness" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 38, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }