Embedded minimal surfaces in $3$-manifolds with positive scalar curvature
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Abstract:
Let $M$ be a closed orientable Riemannian $3$-manifold with positive scalar curvature. We prove that any embedded closed minimal surface in $M$ has a topological description as a generalized Heegaard surface. Also an existence theorem is proved which gives examples of such minimal surfaces.References
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- © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 458-462
- MSC: Primary 53C42; Secondary 53A10, 57N10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0806087-8
- MathSciNet review: 806087