Jaigyoung Choe: First eigenvalue of the Laplacian on minimal surfaces in S³
Jaigyoung Choe, Korean Institute for Advanced Studies
Time: Mon 2009-10-12 14.15
Location: Room 3733, department of mathematics, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 25, floor 7
Contact:
Jens Hoppe
08-790 6585
Subject area: Analysis
S.T.Yau conjectured that the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on compact embedded minimal surfaces in S³ is 2. In this talk it will be shown that the conjecture is true for all minimal surfaces which are known to exist so far.