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On do Carmo's Question: The Properly Embedded Case
Abstract
In this paper, we prove that every complete noncompact two-sided properly embedded constant mean curvature hypersurface of finite Morse index in Euclidean space is minimal. The result holds in every dimension. We assume no bounds on curvature or volume growth. This establishes the properly embedded case of the finite-index version of do Carmo's question. For nonzero mean curvature, we use the radii of inscribed balls to define a positive weight. This weight gives a polynomial bound on weighted volume, while its reciprocal satisfies a differential inequality involving the Jacobi operator. We combine these properties with stability outside a compact set to obtain finite total area. This leads to a contradiction.
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BibTeX
@misc{niu2026carmos,
title = {{On do Carmo's Question: The Properly Embedded Case}},
author = {Gongping Niu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.08454},
eprint = {2611.08454},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.08454},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - On do Carmo's Question: The Properly Embedded Case
AU - Gongping Niu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/05
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.08454
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.08454
AB - In this paper, we prove that every complete noncompact two-sided properly embedded constant mean curvature hypersurface of finite Morse index in Euclidean space is minimal. The result holds in every dimension. We assume no bounds on curvature or volume growth. This establishes the properly embedded case of the finite-index version of do Carmo's question. For nonzero mean curvature, we use the radii of inscribed balls to define a positive weight. This weight gives a polynomial bound on weighted volume, while its reciprocal satisfies a differential inequality involving the Jacobi operator. We combine these properties with stability outside a compact set to obtain finite total area. This leads to a contradiction.
ER -