On the index of constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic space

dc.creatorde Lima, Levi Lopes
dc.creatorRossman, Wayne
dc.date2008-06-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:47:21Z
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dc.descriptionWe show that the index of a constant mean curvature 1 surface in hyperbolic 3-space is completely determined by the compact Riemann surface and secondary Gauss map that represent it in Bryant's Weierstrass representation. We give three applications of this observation. Firstly, it allows us to explicitly compute the index of the catenoid cousins and some other examples. Secondly, it allows us to be able to apply a method similar to that of Choe (using Killing vector fields on minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space) to our case as well, resulting in lower bounds of index for other examples. And thirdly, it allows us to give a more direct proof of the result by do Carmo and Silveira that if a constant mean curvature 1 surface in hyperbolic 3-space has finite total curvature, then it has finite index. Finally, we show that for any constant mean curvature 1 surface in hyperbolic 3-space that has been constructed via a correspondence to a minimal surface in Euclidean 3-space, we can take advantage of this correspondence to find a lower bound for its index.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4666
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4666
dc.identifierIndiana Univ. Math. J. 47(2) (1998), 685-723
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/163844
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject53A10; 53A35; 53A42
dc.titleOn the index of constant mean curvature 1 surfaces in hyperbolic space
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