Abstract:We prove two main theorems about equivariant minimal surfaces in an arbitrary nonpositively curved symmetric spaces extending classical results on minimal surfaces in Euclidean space. First, we show that a complete equivariant branched immersed minimal surface in a nonpositively curved symmetric space of finite total curvature must be of finite Morse index. It is a generalization of t...
AbstractIn my talk, I will report on recent joint work with I. Biswas, S. Dumitrescu and S. Heller showing the existence of holomorphic maps from a compact Riemann surface of genus g>1 into a quotient of SL(2,C) modulo a cocompact lattice which is generically injective. This gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by Huckleberry and Winkelmann and by Ghys. The proof uses ideas from har...