Minimal surfaces in finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds N and in MxS(1), M a finite area hyperbolic surface

Abstract

We consider properly immersed finite topology minimal surfaces S in complete finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds N, and in M x S(1), where M is a complete hyperbolic surface of finite area. We prove S has finite total curvature equal to 2\pi times the Euler characteristic of S, and we describe the geometry of the ends of S.