Complete stationary surfaces in R41 with total curvature -∫ KdM=4π
Abstract
Applying the general theory about complete spacelike stationary (i.e. zero mean curvature) surfaces in 4-dimensional Lorentz space R41, we classify those regular algebraic ones with total Gaussian curvature -∫ KdM=4π. Such surfaces must be oriented and be congruent to either the generalized catenoids or the generalized enneper surfaces. For non-orientable stationary surfaces, we consider the Weierstrass representation on the oriented double covering M (of genus g) and generalize Meeks and Oliveira's M\"obius bands. The total Gaussian curvature are shown to be at least 2π(g+3) when M41 is algebraic-type. We conjecture that there do not exist non-algebraic examples with -∫ KdM=4π.
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