An example for nonexistence of minimal foliations

For the high-dimensional Frenkel–Kontorova model on lattices, we have concluded that there are heteroclinic connections between neighboring Birkhoff minimizers which are more periodic. This conclusion is based on the existence of neighboring elements, i.e., the existence of gaps. By adding a large enough oscillation to the local potential, I prove that all minimal foliations can be destroyed into minimal laminations, and hence there always exist gaps.

Structure theorems for singular minimal laminations

We apply the local removable singularity theorem for minimal laminations [W. H. Meeks III, J. Pérez and A. Ros, Local removable singularity theorems for minimal laminations, J. Differential Geom. 103 (2016), no. 2, 319–362] and the local picture theorem on the scale of topology [W. H. Meeks III, J. Pérez and A. Ros, The local picture theorem on the scale of topology, J. Differential Geom. 109 (2018), no. 3, 509–565] to obtain two descriptive results for certain possibly singular minimal laminations of {\mathbb{R}^{3}}. These two global structure theorems will be applied in [W. H. Meeks III, J. Pérez and A. Ros, Bounds on the topology and index of classical minimal surfaces, preprint 2016] to obtain bounds on the index and the number of ends of complete, embedded minimal surfaces of fixed genus and finite topology in {\mathbb{R}^{3}}, and in [W. H. Meeks III, J. Pérez and A. Ros, The embedded Calabi–Yau conjectures for finite genus, preprint 2018] to prove that a complete, embedded minimal surface in {\mathbb{R}^{3}} with finite genus and a countable number of ends is proper.

Curvature estimates for stable free boundary minimal hypersurfaces

In this paper, we prove uniform curvature estimates for immersed stable free boundary minimal hypersurfaces satisfying a uniform area bound, which generalize the celebrated Schoen–Simon–Yau interior curvature estimates up to the free boundary. Our curvature estimates imply a smooth compactness theorem which is an essential ingredient in the min-max theory of free boundary minimal hypersurfaces developed by the last two authors. We also prove a monotonicity formula for free boundary minimal submanifolds in Riemannian manifolds for any dimension and codimension. For 3-manifolds with boundary, we prove a stronger curvature estimate for properly embedded stable free boundary minimal surfaces without a-priori area bound. This generalizes Schoen’s interior curvature estimates to the free boundary setting. Our proof uses the theory of minimal laminations developed by Colding and Minicozzi.