On complete nonorientable minimal surfaces with low total curvature

Lopez, Francisco

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-96-01618-2

On complete nonorientable minimal surfaces with low total curvature
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by Francisco J. Lopez

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 348 (1996), 2737-2758

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-96-01618-2

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Abstract:

We classify complete nonorientable minimal surfaces in $\mathbb {R}$ with total curvature $-8\pi$.

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