Existence of minimal hypersurfaces in complete manifolds of finite volume

We prove that every complete non-compact manifold of finite volume contains a (possibly non-compact) minimal hypersurface of finite volume. The main tool is the following result of independent interest: if a region U can be swept out by a family of hypersurfaces of volume at most V, then it can be s...

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Main Authors: Chambers, Gregory R (Author), Liokumovich, Yevgeniy (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020-11-30T15:58:14Z.
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